Farelli's Card Magic — Part One

Book
1933
Written by Victor Farelli
Work of Victor Farelli
59 pages (Stapled), published by Edward Bagshawe & Co.
Illustrated with photographs
Language: English
58 entries
Cover photograph
Creators Title Comments & References Page AA Categories
Victor Farelli Flourishes 15
The Standard "Waterfall" Shuffle "Fancy Shuffles"
 		15
Nate Leipzig The "Double Waterfall" Shuffle 16
The "Spring" Shuffle
Related to
 17
The Cards on the Arm - The "Throw" 17
Victor Farelli The "V.F. Throw and Turn" 17
The "Slide" 18
John Mulholland The Mulholland "Grab" 18
The Back to Front "Toss" 18
Spreading Two Packs 19
The "Dart Forward" 19
Alexander Weyer The Weyer "Gather-up" 20
Victor Farelli An Easy Combination. Performed on the Bare Arm 20
The "Boomerang" Card 21
Fred Harcourt Throwing Two Cards in Succession 21
Victor Farelli The "Boomerang" Card
  • Throwing Cards with Both Hands: No Pack Used
  • Card Caught with Hand at Side
  • Throwing Two Card Together: No Pack Used
  • Catching a Card with Scissors
  • Addition to Cutting a CArd in the Air
  • Loaded Card for "Boomerang"
 		22
Victor Farelli The "One Hand Drop"
  • The Cards to Use
  • The "Blindfold Drop"
  • The Vertical "One Hand Drop"
  • The "Ambidextrous" Drop
 		22
Victor Farelli The "Drop" to Cover the Pass 24
V. Beestonn A Common Fault 25
Jack Merlin, Jean-Nicholas Ponsin, Dr. C. Gautier Turning the Pack to Hide the Pass
Related to
Variations
 25
Dr. James William Elliott The "Move" that Mystified Downs blocking for the pass
Also published here
  • The Sphinx
 26
Dr. James William Elliott Dr. Elliott's Presentation three selections come to top
 		28
Dr. James William Elliott The Rubber Band Version classic pass with banded deck
 		28
Alexander Weyer The "Weyer" Version 28
Victor Farelli The Improved "Bluff" Pass to top
 		29
Victor Farelli The "Charlier" Pass commentary
 		31
Ernando Veneri The "Veneri" Move management for the Charlier Pass
 		32
The "Mahatma" Substitutes Substitutes for the Pass, three versions
 		32
Edward Bagshawe The Bagshawe Substitute 33
Victor Farelli, The "Riffle" Substitutes riffle shuffle
  • Using a "Longitudinal Bridge"
  • Using the Veneri "Flesh" Break
Related to
 34
Victor Farelli Deck Bridge 34
S. W. Erdnase, Victor Farelli The "Strip" Cut Shuffle Substitute 35
Eliminating the Pass for Forcing setting the card in center
  • The "Strip" Cut
  • "Sighting"
  • Shuffling to the Centre
  • By means of the "In-jog"
  • Pack cut by Spectator (Farelli)
  • The "Continental" Cut (Farelli)
 		35
"Sighting" 35
Victor Farelli Forcing - Timing 37
John Mulholland Balance tip
Related to
 37
Victor Farelli Some "Imperfections"
  • Closing the Fan
  • Suggesting Liberty of Choice
  • Aggressiveness
  • Exposing on the Stage
 		37
Victor Farelli The Nervous Assistant tip
 		38
Victor Farelli, Sam H. Sharpe Choosing a "Forcee" tip
 		39
Joaquín Partagás A "Tip" from Spain 39
L'Homme Masqué The Table "Spread" credit unsure, thrown on table, Toss Force
Related to
 39
A Simple Infallible Force spectator cuts behind performer's back
 		39
Johann Nepomuk Hofzinser The Touch Method 40
Victor Farelli The "Pencil" Force 41
Victor Farelli Should Cards be Shuffled? 43
The Roumanian "Fan" Shuffle 44
The "Lace-Through" Table Shuffle 45
The Interlocking Shuffle 47
The "Waterfall" Blind Shuffle
  • The Oblique Cut
  • The Shuffle
 		47
Victor Farelli The "Strip Cut" False Shuffle 49
The "Milking" Shuffle "Setting" the Pack
 		49
A Substitute for False Shuffling kind of cuts from overhand shuffle position
 		51
Victor Farelli Palming - The Cards to Use 52
Victor Farelli Common Faults
  • Curling the Forefinger
  • Stiffness of the Arm
  • Spreading the Thumb
 		53
Nate Leipzig The Longitudinal Grip how to hold the deck with card in classic palm
 		54
David Devant The Devant "Mark-Off" how to establish break under certain number of card
 		55
Victor Farelli First Method of Second Dealing
  • First Exercise: Moving a Pair
  • Second Exercise: The Withdrawal
  • Third Exercise: Seizing the Second Card
  • Fourth Exercise: The "Swing"
Also published here
 55
Victor Farelli Second Method of Second Dealing 58
Data entered by Denis Behr, December 2009.