Disappearing Tricks: Silent Film, Houdini, and the New Magic of the Twentieth Century

Reveals how professional magicians shaped the early history of cinema. This book focuses on the work of the professional illusionists who actually made magic with moving pictures between 1895 and 1929. It combines film and theatre history to uncover the evidence of the exchanges between magic and filmmaking in the United States and France.

• | By (Author): Matthew Solomon
• | Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 15, 2010
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 200 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Paperback|Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0252076974
• | ISBN-13: 9780252076978