Franklin V. Taylor

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
Franklin V. Taylor	Blow Up	marked coin penetrates inflated balloon		Mar. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 3)	11	Balloon / Penetration Coin / Effect Themes / Penetration / Balloon
Franklin V. Taylor	Materialization	coin appears with the help of a spring clothes-pin and a handkerchief	Variations Fruit Cup (Orson Welles, 1944)	Nov. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 22)	91	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Clothespin & Peg
Franklin V. Taylor	Peek Deck		Related to "Peek-Deck" Pappy (James G. Thompson Jr., 1943) see also page 199 for an improvement Variations The Twitching Muscle (Karrell Fox, 1960) The Paradigm Deck (Robert Cassidy, 2003) Also published here Peek-Pack (Franklin V. Taylor, 1968)	Dec. 1942	The Phoenix (Issue 25)	103	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
Franklin V. Taylor	Headline Speller	silent spelling		June 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 38)	155	Cards / Effect Themes / Spelling / Miscellaneous / Set-up Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Spelling Stack / Full Deck
James G. Thompson Jr.	"Peek-Deck" Pappy	Taylor's Peek Deck, as a code	Related to Peek Deck (Franklin V. Taylor, 1942) page 199 for an improvement Variations Sventalism (Max Maven, 1999)	Oct. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 46)	188	Propless / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Principles / Coding / Using Assistant Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
R. C. Buff	The $64.00 Word	Taylor's Peek Deck combined with a dictionary book test	Related to Peek Deck (Franklin V. Taylor, 1942)	Oct. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 46)	189	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom) Book / Book Test / Sleights & Principles
Franklin V. Taylor, Bruce Elliott	"Visible But Unseen" Or " The Pocket Index That Ain't"	card prediction, index in deck, switch in hat	Inspired by Peek Deck (Franklin V. Taylor, 1942)	Dec. 1943	The Phoenix (Issue 50)	204	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Single Card Billet / Index
Paul Curry	Out of this Phone Book	book, opened freely, line is forced, Franklin V. Taylor's peek deck principle with a book	Related to The Back Room (Bruce Elliott, 1944) Variations The Devil's Dictionary (Barrie Richardson, 2011) Also published here Out Of This Phone Book (Paul Curry, 1945) Out of This Phone Book (Paul Curry, 2001)	Feb. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 53)	216	Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test
Orson Welles	Fruit Cup	coin in egg in lemon in orange in grapefruit using a clothespin	Inspired by Materialization (Franklin V. Taylor, 1942) Also published here Fruit Cup (Orson Welles, 2000)	May 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 61)	250	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Fruit Nut / Nested Nut-Egg-Lemon-Orange Clothespin & Peg Egg / Things appear inside Egg
Franklin V. Taylor	The Chinese Parrot	two selected cards put in book, cards and content of the pages is divined	Also published here The Chinese Parrot (Franklin V. Taylor, 1956)	Nov. 1944	The Phoenix (Issue 73)	296	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Book / Book Test / Routines
Franklin V. Taylor, Warner Perry, James G. Thompson Jr., R. C. Buff	Peek Deck	with several ideas and handlings	Related to Perspectives (Richard Busch, 1992)	1945	My Best	111	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
Franklin V. Taylor	Materialization	Coin appears with the help of a spring clothes-pin and a handkerchief		1945	My Best	195	Coin / Gaffed / Folding Coin / Effect Themes / Appearance & Vanish with Reproduction Routines / With Props / Miscellaneous Clothespin & Peg
Paul Curry	Out Of This Phone Book	book, opened freely, line is forced, Franklin V. Taylor's peek deck principle with a book	Related to Pagency (Thomas Alan Waters, 1985) Also published here Out of this Phone Book (Paul Curry, 1944)	1945	Miracles in Mentalism and Psychic Experimentation	20	Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test
Franklin V. Taylor	Taylor's Cups and Balls	three cups, gaffed, thread and sponge, gimmicked possibility to make a ball appear under a cup	Variations Cups and Balls (James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor, 1956) Also published here Taylor's Cups and Balls (Franklin V. Taylor, 1953)	Jan. 1945	The Phoenix (Issue 75)	304	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Gaffs
Franklin V. Taylor, Joseph Dunninger	Black Magic	with playing cards and slit in book		Dec. 1946	The Phoenix (Issue 116)	465	Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test
Franklin V. Taylor	Hallucination	two card change places, then one card held on palm vanishes, just to again appear in the wallet, see p. 377 for corrections	Variations Thoughts of "Hallucination" (Paul Curry, 1947) Also published here Halluzination (Franklin V. Taylor, 1977)	Oct. 1947	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 5)	361	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Paul Curry	Thoughts of "Hallucination"	various ideas for Taylor's routine	Inspired by Hallucination (Franklin V. Taylor, 1947)	Dec. 1947	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 7)	381	Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Peter Warlock, Frank Taylor, Greer Marechal, invisible deck pantomime idea by Frank Taylor	Related to The Invisible Deck (Franklin V. Taylor, 1983) Make Believe (J. B. Bobo, 1983)	Mar. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 146)	588	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects Articles / Columns
Franklin V. Taylor	Looped	telephone book test, where card is put in book to chose page, method that extra card does not fall out		June 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 153)	613	Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test
Roy Benson	It's Magic	Benson bowl routine	Related to The Benson Plunger (Mike Caveney, Duke Stern, 1981) Variations Cups and Balls (James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor, 1956) Also published here Benson Bowl (Roy Benson, 1953) Es ist Zauberei (Roy Benson, 1974)	July 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 156)	627	Spongeball / Benson Bowl Routines
Franklin V. Taylor	Shoulder Card	card to inside pocket or wallet, no palming	Also published here Shoulder Card (Franklin V. Taylor, 1956)	Nov. 1948	The Phoenix (Issue 163)	656	Pull & Holdouts Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Edward Clinkscale, Franklin V. Taylor	Shades of Houdini	selection is put back and deck hidden in other room, performer is tied to a chair and lights turned off, after some seconds the spectator gets the hidden deck and found the selection reversed and signed by the performer		Feb. 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 171)	684	Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Miscellaneous Dark Room Effects
Edward Clinkscale, Franklin V. Taylor	Djinn's Journal	divination of selected word		May 1949	The Phoenix (Issue 176)	705	Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
Franklin V. Taylor	Double Stop	two cards, see p. 793 for additional ideas by Al Forsythe	Variations Stop at the Same Time (Second Version) (Juan Tamariz, 2004) Also published here Double Stop (Franklin V. Taylor, 1956) Double Stop (Franklin V. Taylor, 1979) Jugada Doble (Franklin V. Taylor, Vicente Canuto, 1993)	Feb. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 197)	786	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick
Franklin V. Taylor	Reader's Digest	idea for Annemann's magazine test		Sep. 1950	The Phoenix (Issue 211)	842	Book / Book Test / Magazine Test
Franklin V. Taylor	Wet Dime!	water drops fall from between two coins		Dec. 1951	The Phoenix (Issue 245)	980	Liquid / Miscellaneous Coin / Effect Themes / Gags / Miscellaneous
Edward Clinkscale, Franklin V. Taylor	Extra Sensory Prestidigitation	three phase ESP routine, matching with ESP signs drawn on pieces of paper, mind reading of one as climax		Aug. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 262)	1047	Mirror Mental Magic / Effects / Divination ESP Cards / Divination
Franklin V. Taylor	Try-Fly	with 15 cards each, separated in reds and blacks, three double facer		Sep. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 264)	1054	Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) Across / Classic & Variations Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Franklin V. Taylor	Thumb Fun	ring vanishes and appears on spectator's thumb which was covered by a handkerchief, see also p. 1093	Related to The Power of Suggestion (Barrie Richardson, 1999) Variations Vernon on Taylor on Ellis (Dai Vernon, 1952) Warlock's Thumb Tip (Peter Warlock, 1953) Carrousel (Fred Keating, 1953) Also published here Thumb Fun (Franklin V. Taylor, 1956)	Oct. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 267)	1068	Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Dai Vernon	Vernon on Taylor on Ellis		Inspired by Thumb Fun (Franklin V. Taylor, 1952)	Nov. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 268)	1073	Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Peter Warlock	Warlock's Thumb Tip	handling detail for Thumb Fun	Inspired by Thumb Fun (Franklin V. Taylor, 1952)	Mar. 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 276)	1105	Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Fred Keating	Carrousel	variation on thumb fun	Inspired by Thumb Fun (Franklin V. Taylor, 1952)	June 1953	The Phoenix (Issue 284)	1137	Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Franklin V. Taylor	Taylor's Cups and Balls	three cups, gaffed, thread and sponge, gimmicked possibility to make a ball appear under a cup	Also published here Taylor's Cups and Balls (Franklin V. Taylor, 1945)	1953	Classic Secrets of Magic	187	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Gaffs
Franklin V. Taylor	Brema + Taylor	brema nut, nut off rope, with handkerchief	Also published here Brema Plus Taylor (Franklin V. Taylor, 1956) Teufelsmutter + Taylor (Franklin V. Taylor, 1976)	Jan. 1954	The Phoenix (Issue 297)	1186	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Tools / Brema Nut
Franklin V. Taylor	Frank's Vanish	card vanish under handkerchief, scotch tape		Jan. 1954	The Phoenix (Issue 298)	1193	Cards / Sleights / Vanish / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Vanish / Single Card
Franklin V. Taylor	Apport	three crumbled paper balls, one is selected, objects on cards selected on appears in paper		Feb. 1954	The Phoenix (Issue 300)	1199	Dice (small) / Miscellaneous Newspaper / Miscellaneous
Horace E. Bennett, Jardine Ellis, Bertram Millidge, Franklin V. Taylor	Combination	shoelace and Ellis ring penetration, second phase, finger ring becomes entangled	Related to My Jardine Ellis Ring Routine (Horace E. Bennett, 1978) Also published here Ellis-Ring-Kombination (Horace E. Bennett, 2000)	1955	The New Phoenix (Issue 330)	129	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Franklin V. Taylor	Thumb Fun	ring vanishes and appears on spectator's thumb which was covered by a handkerchief	Also published here Thumb Fun (Franklin V. Taylor, 1952)	1956	The Best in Magic	71	Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Franklin V. Taylor	Brema Plus Taylor	Brema Nut, nut off rope, with handkerchief	Also published here Brema + Taylor (Franklin V. Taylor, 1954)	1956	The Best in Magic	73	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Tools / Brema Nut
Franklin V. Taylor	Double Stop	two cards	Also published here Double Stop (Franklin V. Taylor, 1950)	1956	The Best in Magic	106	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick
Franklin V. Taylor	Shoulder Card	card to inside pocket or wallet, no palming	Also published here Shoulder Card (Franklin V. Taylor, 1948)	1956	The Best in Magic	165	Pull & Holdouts Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to Pocket / Single Card Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet
Franklin V. Taylor	The Chinese Parrot	two selected cards put in book, cards and content of the pages is divined	Also published here The Chinese Parrot (Franklin V. Taylor, 1944)	1956	The Best in Magic	216	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Book / Book Test / Routines
James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor	Cups and Balls	ball on a string inside cup Taylor's Cups and Balls Variation Cups and Balls, classic routine with three cups Benson Bowl Routine Variation	Inspired by Taylor's Cups and Balls (Franklin V. Taylor, 1945) It's Magic (Roy Benson, 1948) Also published here Automatisches Becherspiel (James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor, 1983)	1956	Top Secrets of Magic	93	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines Spongeball / Benson Bowl Routines
Karrell Fox	The Twitching Muscle	presentation for Frank Taylor's Peek Deck	Inspired by Peek Deck (Franklin V. Taylor, 1942)	1960	Comedy a la Card	23	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
Horace E. Bennett, Franklin V. Taylor	Jardine Ellis Routine	on and off the shoelace, in the end string is threaded on finger ring		1967	The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 1	316	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Franklin V. Taylor	Peek-Pack		Also published here Peek Deck (Franklin V. Taylor, 1942)	1968	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 29 No. 6)	113	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
Franklin V. Taylor	Teufelsmutter + Taylor	brema nut, nut off rope, with handkerchief	Also published here Brema + Taylor (Franklin V. Taylor, 1954)	Feb. 1976	Intermagic (Vol. 3 No. 3)	50	Rope / Penetration / Penetrations with Rings,... Tools / Brema Nut
Franklin V. Taylor	Halluzination	card on table transposes with card in deck, one vanishes and reappears in wallet	Also published here Hallucination (Franklin V. Taylor, 1947)	July 1977	Intermagic (Vol. 4 No. 3)	106	Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Two Cards / Normal Cards / Effect Themes / Traveling / Card(s) to impossible Location / Wallet Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Horace E. Bennett	My Jardine Ellis Ring Routine	on and off shoelace	Related to Combination (Horace E. Bennett, Jardine Ellis, Bertram Millidge, Franklin V. Taylor, 1955) Also published here My Jardine Ellis Ring Routine (Horace E. Bennett, 1994)	1978	On Your Feet	25	Ring / Ring and Rope Routines & Moves Clothing / Shoe & Shoelace Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Franklin V. Taylor	Double Stop	No. 59, two cards, two halves dealt, performer shouts stop	Also published here Double Stop (Franklin V. Taylor, 1950)	1979	Self-Working Mental Magic	98	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick
Franklin V. Taylor	The Invisible Deck	idea of pantomime routine with an invisible deck	Related to The Back Room (Bruce Elliott, 1948)	1983	A History of the Brainwave Principle	90	Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Brainwave type Effects
James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor	Automatisches Becherspiel	ball on a string inside cup	Also published here Cups and Balls (James G. Thompson Jr., Franklin V. Taylor, 1956)	Aug. 1983	Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 2)	52	Cup / Cups & Balls / Two & Three Cups Routines / Routines Spongeball / Benson Bowl Routines
Thomas Alan Waters	Pagency	word is selected from a book and named to the performer, he names correct position in dictionary	Related to Peek Deck (Franklin V. Taylor, 1942) Out Of This Phone Book (Paul Curry, 1945)	1985	Mind, Myth & Magick (Issue Fynys)	741	Book / Book Test / Routines
Richard Busch	Perspectives	credits for the David Robbins' Peek Deck aka Frank V. Taylor's Peek Deck	Related to Peek Deck (Franklin V. Taylor, Warner Perry, James G. Thompson Jr., R. C. Buff, 1945)	July 1992	Vibrations (Vol. 15 No. 1)	2	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Articles / Articles Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
Franklin V. Taylor, Vicente Canuto	Jugada Doble	two cards	Also published here Double Stop (Franklin V. Taylor, 1950)	1993	Cartomagia Fundamental	81	Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Divided Deck Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick
Ken Krenzel, Franklin V. Taylor	Peak Decks	approaches for the Taylor Peek Deck	Related to The Marker'd Deck (Jeff Pierce, 2007)	1997	Ingenuities	111	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
Franklin V. Taylor	Taylor Peek Deck	brief, glued pairs		1997	Ingenuities	111	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Svengali Principle / Other Applications & Handling of Long-Short-Deck Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom)
Franklin V. Taylor	Die stumpfe Fingerguillotine	with thread		1997	Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 3)	117	Weapon / Guillotine & Chopper
Barrie Richardson	The Power of Suggestion	ring over bottle, covered with handkerchief, spectator removes ring and hands it to performer, yet it is still over bottle when cover is removed	Related to Thumb Fun (Franklin V. Taylor, 1952) Also published here Club 71, Easter 1987	1999	Theater of the Mind	80	Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Horace E. Bennett	Ellis-Ring-Kombination	shoelace and Ellis ring penetration, second phase, finger ring becomes entangled	Also published here Combination (Horace E. Bennett, Jardine Ellis, Bertram Millidge, Franklin V. Taylor, 1955)	2000	Intermagic (Vol. 23 No. 4 & 5)	190	Ring / Finger Rings / Penetration / Ring and String Ring / Jardine-Ellis Ring
Paul Curry	Out of This Phone Book	book, opened freely, line is forced, Franklin V. Taylor's peek deck principle with a book, first peek book in literature	Also published here Out of this Phone Book (Paul Curry, 1944)	2001	Paul Curry's Worlds Beyond	153	Book / Book Test / Telephone Book Test
Robert Cassidy	The Paradigm Deck	Peek deck combine with Psychomatic deck, multiple cards are divined	Inspired by Peek Deck (Franklin V. Taylor, 1942)	2003	The Schattenjaeger	8	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Peek Pairs (glued at bottom) Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs
Juan Tamariz	Stop at the Same Time (Second Version)		Inspired by Double Stop (Franklin V. Taylor, 1950)	2004	Mnemonica	262	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Stop Trick Cards / Principles / Stacked Deck Stuff / Memorized / Partial
Jeff Pierce	The Marker'd Deck	deck sticks halfway in case, card peeked at and immediately known to performer, marks on back of next card, re-invention of Krenzel variation	Inspired by Mis-Marked (Steve Dusheck, 1992) Related to Peak Decks (Ken Krenzel, Franklin V. Taylor, 1997) The Antinomy Perspective (Gene Taylor, 2008)	Oct. 2007	Antinomy (Vol. 3 No. 3)	34	Cards / Effect Themes / Divination & Mind Reading / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Marked deck / Backs

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