35 entries for W. F. "Rufus" Steele

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C. O. Williams To Discover and Pocket (Before Asking Any Question) the Card Thought of by a Spectator spectator remembers card and its position, performer removes it and puts it in his pocket
VariationsAlso published here 1911
Magical Titbits
19
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Foreword
1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
2
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Your Opening
1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
3
Jack-Jack-Jack
Variations 1928
Card Tricks You Will Do
20
W. F. "Rufus" Steele My Personal Stack No. 14
  • The Stack
  • My Poker Run-Up
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
17
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Son John Story No. 38
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
35
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Letter "P" Trick No. 47, card and alphabet card are chosen, Queen produced from under performer's shoe, letter is P and the Queen starts to pee
 		1935
Card Tricks that are Easy to Learn, Easy to Do
42
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Whose Tricks?
1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
4
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Improved Jack-Jack-Jack
Inspired by 1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
19
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Bridge and Poker Demonstration memory stacking (last cards remaining in each spectators's hand after card-calling are the selections) followed by poker and bridge demo
 		1946
50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do
51
W. F. "Rufus" Steele A Flower For You three signed cards reappear at end of ribbon tied to flower
 		1948/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 5
69
John J. Crimmins Jr. (reviewer) 52 Amazing Card Tricks by W. F. "Rufus" Steele Sep. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 4)
584
C. O. Williams, W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Card in the Pocket
Inspired by 1949
52 Amazing Card Tricks
29
Paul Rosini, W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Second-Guess Card Trick No. 145, magician fails and then succeeds in locating selection
 		1950
Scarne on Card Tricks
281
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Foreword
1950
Magical Gems
3
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Other Books by Rufus Steele
1952
The Last Word on Cards
2
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Foreword
1952
The Last Word on Cards
4
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Great Rufus Steele cut-off half is counted and digits added to arrive at a card, 9-principle, it is spelled to with some fun phrase
Inspired by
  • "Hocus Pocus Card Tricks"
Related to 		1952
The Last Word on Cards
8
Al Leech Hocus Soapus different presentation, cut-off half is counted and digits added to arrive at a card, 9-principle, it is spelled to with some fun phrase
Related to 1952
The Last Word on Cards
10
W. F. "Rufus" Steele They Tell You Nothing spectator pockets some cards and remembers a card at the same position as the number of pocketed cards, card ends up at named number
 		1952
The Last Word on Cards
32
W. F. "Rufus" Steele You Tell Them Everything spectator pockets some cards and remembers a card at the same position as the number of pocketed cards, performer stops dealing at selection and names number of pocketed cards
 		1952
The Last Word on Cards
33
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Robert Parrish Tell and Spell one spectator pockets some cards and two spectators remember a card at a number, both cards are found and number of pocketed cards named
Variations 1952
The Last Word on Cards
34
Oscar Weigle The Weigle Version one spectator pockets some cards and two spectators remember a card at a number, both cards are found
Inspired by 1952
The Last Word on Cards
36
Bob Hummer Five Card Baffle one of five cards is divined, off-beat method
VariationsAlso published here 1952
The Last Word on Cards
57
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Baffle Follow-Up one of five cards is divined
Inspired by 1952
The Last Word on Cards
58
W. F. "Rufus" Steele A Lecture With a Cold Deck
1952
The Last Word on Cards
62
W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Gambler's Rehearsal elaborated routine with full deck set up
Related to 1954/27
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 6
90
John Braun, W. F. "Rufus" Steele 3 Jacks Revamped duplicate jack, with credit information, see p. 200 for further credits
Inspired byRelated to
  • p. 172 for Lin Searles suggestion
Variations 		Feb. 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 4)
157
Dr. Jacob Taub Three Jacks Revamped see p. 200 for further credits
Inspired by May 1968
The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 3 No. 7)
179
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Karl Fulves Pocket Prediction No. 38, two cards chosen, one used to count down to the other, they are mates
Related to 1976
Self-Working Card Tricks
58
Al Smith (reviewer) The Last Word on Cards by W. F. "Rufus" Steele 1983
Pabular (Vol. 7 No. 10)
1121
Russell "Rusduck" Duck, W. F. "Rufus" Steele The Murdock Stack in multiple deals, progressively better hands are dealt, see credit correction in issue 2, p. 3, see also The Cardiste
Related to Winter 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
25
W. F. "Rufus" Steele, Rudolf Braunmüller Gedankenkraft packet cut off and counted, card at that position remembered
 		Jan. 1984
Intermagic (Vol. 10 No. 3 & 4)
91
Larry Jennings Prefiguration impromptu
Related toVariations 1986
The Classic Magic of Larry Jennings
156
W. F. "Rufus" Steele Ein Willenstest two spectators choose a card each, they are the same, no-touch
 		1997
Intermagic (Vol. 21 No. 4 & 5)
184