Italian magician makes hats, handkerchiefs and cigarettes disappear
Title card: "Un Po Di Magia" (trans: "A Bit of Magic") superimposed over medium shot of magician preparing for magic trick / MS smiling magician unfolds handkerchiefs in preparation for show; rolls up poster board into cylinder, pours glass of water into top, water disappears; uses wand to put black handkerchief into cylinder, pulls out white one, then black one (looks like he tried to make it appear the black one turned white, but the black one comes out too, then he pulls several more handkerchiefs out though we only saw him put one in), unrolls poster board and no more handkerchiefs / MCU man and woman in crowd applaud / CU key-lit shot of magician reaching ominously toward camera (very Bela Lugosi-esque) / CU man in audience tries to blow his nose, but his handkerchief disappears / CU three-quarter high angle shot of man whose cigarette disappears from his mouth / MCU fedora magically appears atop man's head / MCU cameraman turns movie camera on tripod turret, camera disappears, cameraman does fancy neck motion / Title card: "FINE - Piccola Ferrania" superimposed over globe next to Michelangelo's David statue / Note: exact year not known; documentation incomplete.
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Editorial #:
1182937335
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1935
Upload date:
License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released.ÌýMore information
Clip length:
00:01:13:05
Location:
Italy
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr004180_01_02.mov
- Magic Trick,
- Magician,
- Magic Wand,
- 1930-1939,
- Above,
- Accuracy,
- Adult,
- Appearance,
- Applauding,
- Archival,
- Arts Culture and Entertainment,
- Audience,
- Black And White,
- Black Color,
- Black Handkerchief,
- Blowing,
- Camera - Photographic Equipment,
- Camera Operator,
- Cigarette,
- Close-up,
- Composite Image,
- Crowd of People,
- Cylinder,
- Document,
- Drinking Glass,
- Fedora,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Film Composite,
- HD Format,
- Handkerchief,
- Hat,
- High Angle View,
- Incomplete,
- Italian Language,
- Italy,
- Medium Shot,
- Men,
- Michelangelo's David,
- Mid Distance,
- Motion,
- Movie Camera,
- Newsreel,
- Next To,
- Nose,
- On Top Of,
- People,
- Performance,
- Performer,
- Photography Themes,
- Poster,
- Pouring,
- Preparation,
- Pulling,
- Raw Footage,
- Reaching,
- Real Time Video,
- Showing,
- Smiling,
- Statue,
- Tripod,
- Turning,
- United Nations,
- Video with Sound,
- Water,
- Women,