Animation

19 entries in Doll & Puppet / Animation
  
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Unknown Le Grand Sultan automaton who can divine a card by nodding with his head, the number of a rolled dice and in which compartment of a closed box a doll is placed, with assitant La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 1
Unknown La Tête d'or Sautant & Dansant Dans un Verre, pour Répondre à Diverses Questions a golden miniature head moves in a glass to answer questions, with assistant La Magie Blanche Dévoilée 35
Unknown The Demon's Head papier maché head rolls eyes and moves mouth, deck put in mouth, chosen cards fly out of mouth and appear between horns Modern Magic 458
Unknown The Talking Hand wax hand, answering yes/no questionsRelated to More Magic 427
Unknown Die materialisierte Geisterhand No. 9, doll hand pulls selected cards out of deck Der Kartenkünstler 75
Unknown Der Kopf des Ibikus skull answers question under glass dome with his mouth, thread Die Zauberwelt (Vol. 2 No. 3) 38
Carl L. Curiel Die mysteriöse Geisterhand "Home" puppet hand writes named words by itselfRelated to Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 11) 173
Friedrich W. Conradi-Horster Die mysteriöse Geisterhand "Home" only the patter for Curiel's trickRelated to Der Zauberspiegel (Vol. 1 No. 12) 182
Unknown Der Kopf des Ibikus im Hut No. 15, fake head answers questions by nodding or shaking the head, discussing previous methods by Buatier de Kolta, Belachini-Strack Der Amateurzauberer 140
Unknown The Knee Thread animating figure or puppet while sitting, puppet on floor, Pipitilla The Magic Annual for 1937 89
Stuart P. Cramer Mortmain book test, word is written by a puppet hand, which moves on its own, threadAlso published here The Phoenix 101-150 (Issue 119) 477
Stuart P. Cramer Mortmain book test, word is written by a puppet hand, which moves on its own, threadAlso published here The Best in Magic 218
Albert Spackman Miniature Rapping Hand miniature doll hand in box rapping and answering questions, different routine ideas,
- word and card divination and with spirit slates
- stop trick with cards
- whistle put into the box and the hand moves and the whistle blows
- gipsy thread is restored in the box, while hand moves
- in conjunction with "The Thing"
- card turnover
Related to The Art of Close-Up Magic - Volume 2 74
Dr. Stanley Jaks Dim The Lights small hand taps out value of first selection, then finds second selection by dragging top half away, see also p. 340Related to The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 3) 316
Frederick M. Shields The Spirit of the Thing rapping glove / hand on table to answer questions The Compleat Magick - Volume I (Issue 18) 87
Karl Fulves (6) The Mary Shelley Problem doll pieces examined and assembled, then comes to life, electronics, no details given, isoforms, also for non-thread animation of origami figures or Haunted Deck, pipe dreamy Interlocutor (Issue 6) 22
Al Mann Merlin's Magic Marionettes puppet starts to move (wiggle, move head and hands) on performer's commandRelated to Psycho-Mentisis 17
Robert Parrish Do the Spirits Return? rapping hand answers questions, rising cards with the hand, card stands uprightInspired byRelated to Great Tricks Revisited 25
Michael Close The Haunted Deck named card, memorized deck, small handRelated to Workers Number 5 148