Louis Lam

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Louis Lam	Introduction			1935	Would You Believe It?	2	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Louis Lam	Perplexo	"The 'El-El' Disappearance of One or More Cards", selection is put on face-up half and covered with other half, vanishes after separation of halves		1935	Would You Believe It?	4	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Louis Lam	"A-Cee-O" - A Four Ace Effect	spectator counts four piles on table, Aces on bottom of each		1935	Would You Believe It?	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Spectator finds four of a kind
Louis Lam	Do As I Do	"An Experiment in Coincidence", two four-card piles are made by counting some cards with both both decks, bottom cards match		1935	Would You Believe It?	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Mates Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Louis Lam	The "El-El" Master Four Ace Effect	aces disappear one by one between two faced piles, indifferent cards then change to aces via glide		1935	Would You Believe It?	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Multiple Cards
Louis Lam	Would you Believe it?	freely selected and replaced card is instantly named, then reverses itself		1935	Would You Believe It?	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers
Louis Lam	Center to Top Reverse	similar to Future Reverse, but to top instead of to center	Related to Side Slip Reverse (1938) Future Reverse (Edward Marlo, 1945) Reverse from Center to Top (Richard Sanders, 1987)	1935	Would You Believe It?	8	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Passive
Louis Lam	Spelling Made Easy	"What's In A Name?", with alphabet cards to produce spectator's name	Related to "A-Cee-O" - A Four Ace Effect (Louis Lam, 1935)	1935	Would You Believe It?	9	ABC Cards / Miscellaneous
Louis Lam	"Reverso"			1935	Would You Believe It?	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Faced Deck
Louis Lam	Tower Bridge	"A New Bridge Effect", number of cut of cards is divined by value of another selection		1935	Would You Believe It?	11	Cards / Effect Themes / Number Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Sleights / Crimps / Bridge (multiple Cards)
Louis Lam	"Coloro" - the Colour Changing Pack of Cards			1935	Would You Believe It?	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Color Changing Deck
Louis Lam	"Alice in Wonderland"	card turns over multiple times, then is spelled out		1935	Would You Believe It?	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Simple Card Turnovers Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Impromptu Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Backer / Same Color
Louis Lam	The Movie Colour Cards	blue deck put in red box and vice versa, decks change place in boxes		1935	Would You Believe It?	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Miscellaneous
Louis Lam	When Were You Born?	weirdly selected word is disclosed with alphabet cards		1935	Would You Believe It?	18	ABC Cards / Miscellaneous Book / Book Test / Routines
Louis Lam	It Pays to Advertise	"Advertising stunts every magician must use", playing card with business information on front is forced via Svengali Deck		1935	Would You Believe It?	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Ideas Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Svengali Deck
Louis Lam	Find the Lady	money card changes into card with business information on front		1935	Would You Believe It?	20	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Divided Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Francis Carlyle	Francis Carlyle Aces		Related to "Mysterioso" ... A Most Sensational Four Ace Trick (Louis Lam, 1939)	1936	Card Manipulations (Issue 5)	150	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Louis Lam	Appreciation			1937	Watch Me Closely	1	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Louis Lam	Calendro	some numbers on calendar are added by spectator		1937	Watch Me Closely	3	Numbers / Prediction & Sum-Divination Calendar
Louis Lam	Coincidence	one card marked on back so it cannot be switched	Variations Coincidence (Louis Lam, 1939)	1937	Watch Me Closely	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Louis Lam	Predicto	four aces are shuffled by each performer and spectator, they chose the same which is also predicted on slate, jumbo cards recommended		1937	Watch Me Closely	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Packet Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Prediction Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Louis Lam	Key-ology	Keys to Baldpate, four methods		1937	Watch Me Closely	9	Lock Key / Mental Stuff Key / Seven Keys to Baldpate
Louis Lam	The Ace of Spades	Ace of Spades and indifferent card shows, Ace changes to regular card and is reproduced from pocket, inspired by McDonald Aces performance		1937	Watch Me Closely	14	Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Traveling Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Isolated Sequences & Ace Vanishes Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Louis Lam	Four-Aceious	six double facers		1937	Watch Me Closely	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Gaffed Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Louis Lam	The Zig-Zag Card Novelty	question marks on paper change into name of selected card		1937	Watch Me Closely	19	Paper / Appearing Writing, Photos, ... Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery
Louis Lam	Transpo	duplicate		1937	Watch Me Closely	20	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal
Louis Lam	Clairvoyance	three spectators put three objects in pockets, medium knows who has what		1937	Watch Me Closely	22	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant
Louis Lam	Number Please	a number in corner of every card, spectators name any number, performer knows the card (as memory demonstration)		1937	Watch Me Closely	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Super-Senses / Memory / Miscellaneous
Louis Lam	Watch Me Closely	numbers are added and counted to, card predicted		1937	Watch Me Closely	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card
Louis Lam	The El-El Rising Card Novelty	variation of right little-finger rise using cigarette		1937	Watch Me Closely	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Impromptu
Louis Lam	Would You Believe It?			1937	Watch Me Closely	30	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Louis Lam	"Mentalla"			1937	Mentalla	2	Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / Princess Card Trick (Matrix)
	Side Slip Reverse	basically Future Reverse	Related to Center to Top Reverse (Louis Lam, 1935) Reverse Sleight - Future Reverse (Edward Marlo, 1945)	1938	Greater Magic	339	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Passive
Louis Lam	Dedication			1939	Be Deceived	2	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Louis Lam	Introduction			1939	Be Deceived	3	Articles / Intros & Epilogues
Louis Lam	The El-El Telephone Test		Also published here The El El Telephone Test (Louis Lam, Rolf Andra, 1968)	1939	Be Deceived	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Louis Lam	Lady Be Good			1939	Be Deceived	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme
Louis Lam	The El-El Bluff Force	weird force in which card next to previous selection is forced	Variations On the Lam (Karl Fulves, 1984)	1939	Be Deceived	9	Cards / Sleights / Force / Cut Forces / Miscellaneous
Louis Lam	The El-El Four Ace Production			1939	Be Deceived	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Production & Appearance / One by One
Louis Lam	Sensational Card Discovery			1939	Be Deceived	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Power Stack (26-Apart-Stack) / Full Deck
Louis Lam	The "Enormous" Four Ace Presentation	chosen Ace transforms into previous selection, Ace from spectator's pocket		1939	Be Deceived	12	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Spectator's Pocket Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Hofzinser Ace Problem
Louis Lam	"Mysterioso" ... A Most Sensational Four Ace Trick		Inspired by Francis Carlyle Aces (Francis Carlyle, 1936)	1939	Be Deceived	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Ace Assembly / Classic
Louis Lam	Miraculous	selection travels from handkerchief-wrapped deck between rubber banded four Aces	Also published here Miraculous (Louis Lam, 1945) Miraculous (Louis Lam, 1972)	1939	Be Deceived	16	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Louis Lam	Dual Sympathy			1939	Be Deceived	18	Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Louis Lam	Coincidence	update, combined with bank night and prediction	Inspired by Coincidence (Louis Lam, 1937)	1939	Be Deceived	19	Bill / Banknight Theme & Variations Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks
Louis Lam	Impossible	deck distributed in thirteen envelopes, cards in chosen envelope divined		1939	Be Deceived	21	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Only for Special Stacks / Si Stebbins
Louis Lam	Pusho	packet pushed (poke) from center as selection procedure		1939	Be Deceived	23	Cards / Principles / Key Card / Key Card Placements Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Single Card
Louis Lam	Square Magic	square with words is cut, various words spelled to find selection		1939	Be Deceived	25	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up
Louis Lam	Amazo	card cut to is revealed, with a deck with 32 cards		1940	Fast Ones	4	Cards / Sleights / Estimation / Visual Estimation Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge Single Card Location / Miscellaneous
Louis Lam	A Sensational Card Effect	thought of number and counting		1940	Fast Ones	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Challenge Locations / Challenge multiple Card Location
Louis Lam	An Addition	one of four thought-of, travels to pocket eventually, OOSOOM		1940	Fast Ones	5	Cards / Principles / Multiple Out Cards / Effect Themes / Think a Card / limited Choice Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card
Louis Lam	A Miracle in Cards	two cards and their positions are noted, one by performer and one by spectator, cards are eventually found		1940	Fast Ones	6	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards
Joseph Ovette, Louis Lam	A Tip on Slow Motion Card Vanish	thin card stuffed in thumb tip, with other method by Louis Lam for thumb nail method		1940	Fast Ones	11	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Slit Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Thin Cards Hand Gimmicks / Thumb & Finger Tip
Edward Marlo	Reverse Sleight - Future Reverse		Related to Center to Top Reverse (Louis Lam, 1935) Side Slip Reverse (1938) Direct Reverse (Arthur Hastings, 1965) Variations Reverse Variant (Ken Simmons, 1987) Future Center Steal (Ken Simmons, 1987)	1945	Future Reverse	6	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Passive
Louis Lam	Miraculous	selection travels from handkerchief-wrapped deck between rubber banded four Aces, followed by french translation	Also published here Miraculous (Louis Lam, 1939)	July 1945	La Baguette Magique (Issue 4)	7	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
	Bibliographie Magique - Magische Bibliographie	on Journal de la Prestidigitation, Le Magicien, Louis Lam, Bengalis		July 1945	La Baguette Magique (Issue 4)	12	Articles / Articles
	Ehrentafel - Tableau d'honneur	magicians who died or suffered in WWII, Miss Blanche, Louis Lam, Dr. Leonhard, Jacques Bombert, André Tallet		Nov. 1945	La Baguette Magique (Issue 6)	16	Articles / Obituary
Don Tanner	The Back Room	on Magi-Fest, Jay Marshall, Louis Lam, Steranko, Karrell Fox, Dai Vernon		Jan. 1961	The New Phoenix (Issue 353)	242	Articles / Articles
Don Tanner	The Back Room	on U. F. Grant, Karrell Fox, Steranko, Bob Nelson, Louis Lam		May 1961	The New Phoenix (Issue 357)	258	Articles / Articles
Louis Lam, Rolf Andra	The El El Telephone Test	slightly varied by Andra	Also published here The El-El Telephone Test (Louis Lam, 1939)	1968	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 3)	56	Cards / Effect Themes / Phone Effects / For normal phone conversations Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous
Louis Lam	Reverso			1969	Expert Card Mysteries	116	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Faced Deck
Louis Lam	Miraculous	selection travels from handkerchief-wrapped deck between rubber banded four Aces	Also published here Miraculous (Louis Lam, 1939)	1972	The Living End	131	Cards / Effect Themes / Rubber Band & Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Cards traveling (from Sandwich) to Sandwich Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Packet to Packet
Karl Fulves	On the Lam	No. 57, number prediction on card gives position of later selection	Inspired by The El-El Bluff Force (Louis Lam, 1939)	1984	More Self-Working Card Tricks	82	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Number Prediction Cards / Principles / Locator Cards / Pencil Dot or similar Marks
Richard Sanders	Reverse from Center to Top	for visual appearance	Related to Center to Top Reverse (Louis Lam, 1935)	1987	When Creators Collide...	42	Cards / Sleights / Reverses / More for One Card or a few Cards / Passive

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