George Starke

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Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
T. Nelson Downs	Downs Change		Variations Downs Change Improved (George Starke, 1945) Also published here Downs Change (T. Nelson Downs, 2014)	1909	The Art of Magic	73	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
	Magician vs. Gambler		Variations Magician vs Gambler (Jean Hugard, Art Lyle, 1939) My Uncle and the Gambler (George Starke, 1945)	1937	The Magic Annual for 1937	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Matching the Cards
	Silas and the Slickers	rhyming patter, ballad by Elmer Applegit	Variations My Uncle and the Gambler (George Starke, 1945) The Legend of Silas Greene (Jack Carpenter, Steve Ehlers, 2017)	1939	More Card Manipulations (Issue 2)	26	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Matching the Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Story Deck
George Starke	Salt and Water	salt travels from hand to hand, then water appears		May 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 12)	50	Liquid / Appearance & Production Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Salt Pour Salt, Pepper & Sugar / Traveling & Vanish / Hands (mostly)
George Starke	The Thumbnail Writer	on the problem of bad handwriting, automatic writing		May 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 1 No. 12)	51	Pen & Pencil / Nail Writer & Swami
George Starke	The Ghost Coins	handful of coins vanish, soldered coins	Also published here The Ghost Coins (George Starke, 1945)	Nov. 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 6)	83	Coin / Sleights / Vanish / Multiple Coin Vanishes / Bare Handed Coin / Gaffed / Glued Coins
George Starke	Hornswoggled	bills change total value several times	Related to Hornswoggled - The Smash Finish (George Starke, 1945) Variations Hornswoggled Revisited (Harry Riser, 1996) Hornswoggled Again! (Ron Bauer, 2001) Also published here Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1945)	Dec. 1944	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 7)	85	Bill / Short Changing Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
George Starke	The Ghost Coins	handful of coins vanish, soldered coins	Also published here The Ghost Coins (George Starke, 1944)	1945	My Best	188	Coin / Effect Themes / Vanish Routines / Bare Handed Coin / Gaffed / Glued Coins
George Starke	Hornswoggled	bills change total value several times	Related to Hornswoggled - The Smash Finish (George Starke, 1945) Variations Hornswoggled Again! (Ron Bauer, 2001) Also published here Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1944)	1945	My Best	189	Bill / Short Changing Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
James G. Thompson Jr.	Biographical Sketches of Contributors	Theo. Annemann Charles Arbuthnot George E. Arrowsmith Roger Barkann Sylvan Barnet Joseph L. Barnett Raymond L. Beebe Eugene Bernstein J. B. Bobo John N. Booth Tom Bowyer Vynn Boyar Joan Brandon Fred Braue John Braun Lu Brent R. C. Buff Clyde F. Cairy Loring Campbell Jack Chanin Frank Chapman Forest V. Chesbro Milbourne Christopher Eddie Clever Stanley Collins Mystic Craig Thomas J. Crawford John J. Crimmins, JR. Paul J. Curry Del Monte Harry Dobrin Ronald B. Edwards Bruce Elliot Professor El-Tab Dr. E. G. Ervin Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans Val Evans "Hen" Fetsch Thomas B. Fitzgerald Dariel Fitzkee Sid Fleischman Joseph Harman Fries Martin Gardner Teral Garrett Walter B. Gibson Arnold L. Grubin Nelson C. Hahne Hathaway Royal V. Heath Charles H. Hopkins Jean Hugard Mark Jacobs R. M. Jamison F. H. Jeudevine Maurice Kains George G. Kaplan George Karger Joseph A. Karson Wilbur Kattner Gerald Lynton Kaufman Howard B. Kayton, M.D. The Great Kolar Gerald Kosky Abril Lamarque William W. Larsen Sid Lorraine Art Lyle L. Vosburgh Lyons Richard F. Madden Greer Marechal, JR. George McAthy William H. McCaffrey Jack McMillen Harry Mendoza Orville Meyer John W. Mifflin Chester Morris Paul Morris Frederick Mosteller Robert A. Nelson C. A. George Newmann Grady S. Nicholson Dr. Cecil E. Nixon Charles Walter Nyquist Dell O'Dell Tom Osborne George Harrison Pittman Julien J. Proskauer Clayton Rawson Ralph W. Read Dolf Rudin Herb Rungie Ned Rutledge James J. Sanders Lucille Pierce Saxon Sigmar - The Magician Jerry Sorensen Willard S. Smith George Starke Dr. Raymond V. Stone, SR. (RAMO) Harlan Tarbell DR. Franklin Taylor J. G. Thompson, JR. Jack F. Trebel M. Van Reese Jack Vosburgh Audley Valentine Walsh Peter Warlock Herman L. Weber Bob Weill William H. Wilson Tommy Windsor Howard H. Wise Ed. Wolff Michael F. Zens		1945	My Best	347	Articles / Biographical
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on George Starke, George Karger, Emil Jarrow, Bert Allerton, the "Swami" Magazine, puzzles by Fred Mosteller, Audley Walsh, Bob Novak and Charles Bertram		July 1945	The Phoenix (Issue 87)	355	Articles / Columns
Jean Hugard	Hu-gardenias	on George Starke		Jan. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 8)	98	Articles / Articles
George Starke	Penny and Half Dollar Transposition			Feb. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 9)	101	Coin / Gaffed / Copper-Silver Coin / Effect Themes / Transposition / Copper & Silver / Solo
George Starke	Sleeving as an Art	Part I To sleeve a coin from the right hand up the right sleeve Retrieving the sleeved coin Using the right sleeve for a switch	Related to Sleeving as an Art (George Starke, 1945)	Mar. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 10)	105	Sleeving Techniques Coin / Sleights / Sleeving
George Starke	The Magical Transfer of a Coin from one Hand to the Other			Mar. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 10)	105	Coin / Sleights / Sleeving Coin / Effect Themes / Traveling / Hand to Hand / Normal
George Starke	Hornswoggled - The Smash Finish	different ending	Related to Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1944) Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1945)	Apr. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 2 No. 11)	111	Bill / Counting Tricks Bill / Short Changing Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
George Starke	The Porous Plate	"A Trick with a Climax that Savors of Real Magic" deck placed on plate, selection travels through plate and is found underneath		June 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 1)	123	Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / With Other Objects / Miscellaneous
George Starke	Elastic Fingers	little finger seems to grow		July 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 2)	133	Propless / Body Magic
George Starke	Sleeving as an Art	Part II Emil Jarrow & Paul Morris (Sphinx, 1937/1938) One-Handed Sleeving	Related to Sleeving as an Art (George Starke, 1945)	July 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 2)	136	Sleeving Techniques Coin / Sleights / Sleeving
George Starke	My Uncle and the Gambler		Inspired by Magician vs. Gambler (1937) Silas and the Slickers (1939)	Aug. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 3)	142	Cards / Effect Themes / Four-of-a-Kind & Aces Effects / Matching the Cards
George Starke	Substitutes for the Double Lift	article with examples		Aug. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 3)	144	Cards / Sleights / Multiple Lift / Double Lift Substitutes
George Starke	Downs Change Improved		Inspired by Downs Change (T. Nelson Downs, 1909)	Aug. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 3)	144	Cards / Sleights / Switches / Single Card Switches / Miscellaneous
Jean Hugard	Hu-gardenias	to George Karger and George Starke		Dec. 1945	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 3 No. 7)	173	Articles / Columns
George Starke	A Coin Surprise	two Nickels balanced on each middle finger are given two spectator, they change into Pennies		July 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 2)	234	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Changes in the Spectator's Hand
Frederick Braue	Roundabout	on John Mulholland, Roy Benson, Martin Gardner, Carl Jones, Orson Welles, Frakson, Cardini, George Karger, George Starke, Bert Allerton, the Mesmerized Glasses and more		Sep. 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 4)	252	Glass / Levitation Articles / Columns
George Starke	Two New Ball Sleights	for "two in the hand" type		Oct. 1946	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 4 No. 5)	256	Ball / "Small" Ball / Routines
George Starke	Three Card Monte in Excelsis	multiple phases, based on multiple lifts, in the end card from pocket		Dec. 1947	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 7)	375	Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Authentic (more or less)
George C. Engel	Quadruple Coincidence	three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match	Related to Quadruple Coincidence (George Starke, 1950) Three in a Million (Frank Garcia, 1972) Triple Coincidence II (Nick Trost, 2013) Variations Quadruple Coincidence (Johnny Thompson, Harry Riser, 2018) Kitchen Sync (Tom Frame, 2022) Also published here George Engel's Doozee (George C. Engel, 2017)	May 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 12)	543	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Principles / Miscalling
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	Stars of Magic	by George Starke #1, 2 & 3		June 1949	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 1)	554	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
George Starke	Quadruple Coincidence	No. 55, Do As I Do with four climaxes, three cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match	Related to Quadruple Coincidence (George C. Engel, 1949) Speaking Volumes (David Regal, 2002) Variations Triple Coincidence (Dai Vernon, 2001)	1950	Scarne on Card Tricks	97	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Principles / Miscalling
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	Series No. 6 of Stars of Magic	by Dai Vernon (written by George Starke) - Vernon's Ring on the Wand - Vernon's Slow-Motion 4 Aces - Vernon's Traveller Card Trick		May 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 12)	662	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
George Starke	Twist-Flourish Card Control	twirl cuts to break		Oct. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 5)	716	Cards / Sleights / Controls / Single Card Controls / Cut Controls
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	Stars of Magic Series No. 7.	by Dr. Jacob Daley (written by George Starke)		Dec. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 7)	728	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	Stars of Magic	by Tony Slydini (written by George Starke)		Mar. 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 10)	768	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer)	Ross Bertram on Coins	by Ross Bertram (written by George Starke)		May 1951	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 8 No. 12)	794	Reviews / Books, Manuscripts, Notes
Bruce Elliott	The Back Room	on Milbourne Christopher, Lee Noble, Don Alan, Carl Rosini, George Starke, Stars of Magic, Orson Welles, Cy Endfield, Charlie Miller, Jimmy Grippo, Cardini		Jan. 1952	The Phoenix (Issue 246)	985	Articles / Columns
Harvey P. Graham, George Starke, Milbourne Christopher	1 & 50	cent to 50 cent, gaffed		Jan. 1954	The Phoenix (Issue 298)	1191	Coin / Effect Themes / Transformation / Spellbound & visual Changes - Routines Coin / Gaffed / Miscellaneous
, George Starke	Dexterous Digits	No. 74, little finger is apparently stretched		1981	Self-Working Table Magic	91	Propless / Body Magic
Harry Riser	Hornswoggled Revisited	with gaffed bill	Inspired by Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1944) Bamboozle (Bert Allerton, 1947) Variations Swoggled And Boggled (Charles McFarland, 1997)	1996	The Feints and Temps of Harry Riser	233	Bill / Short Changing
Ron Bauer	Hornswoggled Again!	bills change total value several times	Inspired by Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1944) Hornswoggled (George Starke, 1945)	2001	Hornswoggled Again!	2	Bill / Short Changing Bill / Transformation / Bill or Paper / Multiple / In the Hands
Dai Vernon	Triple Coincidence	Do As I Do with three climaxes, cards and number of cards of a cut-off packet match	Inspired by Quadruple Coincidence (George Starke, 1950) Related to George Engel's Doozee (George C. Engel, 2017)	Dec. 2001	Genii (Vol. 64 No. 12)	52	Cards / Effect Themes / Coincidence / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Do as I Do / Two Decks Cards / Principles / Miscalling
David Regal	Speaking Volumes		Related to Quadruple Coincidence (George Starke, 1950)	June 2002	Genii (Vol. 65 No. 6)	30	Articles / Columns

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