Howard Thurston (July 20, 1869 – April 13, 1936) was a stage magician from Columbus, Ohio, United States. As a child, he ran away to join the circus,...
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Performed. p.9 Howard Thurston claimed to have invented the system in his 1903 book Howard Thurston's Card Tricks referring to it as "The 'Thurston' System of...
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throw them into the audience as potential souvenirs. The magician Howard Thurston also used card throwing as a major part of his act. The cards that...
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centuries, magicians such as John Nevil Maskelyne and David Devant, Howard Thurston, Harry Kellar, and Harry Houdini achieved widespread commercial success...
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Valentine Pitchford Franco Pratesi Johann Georg Rauch Juan Tamariz Howard Thurston Charles Troedel Dai Vernon Fusajiro Yamauchi Groups and organisations...
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Blackstone Sr., David Devant, Horace Goldin, Carl Hertz, Servais Le Roy and Howard Thurston incorporated the Indian rope trick into their stage shows. However...
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Deborah Thurston, American engineer E. Temple Thurston (1879–1933), Irish author Fred Thurston (1933–2014), American football player Howard Thurston (1869–1936)...
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Valentine Pitchford Franco Pratesi Johann Georg Rauch Juan Tamariz Howard Thurston Charles Troedel Dai Vernon Fusajiro Yamauchi Groups and organisations...
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business, especially the magic act of Howard Thurston that visited St. Louis annually. When Joe was 12, Thurston allowed him to be an audience plant. Besser...
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British artists including Maggie Hambling, Patrick Heron, David Hockney, Howard Hodgkin, John Hoyland, and Allen Jones called "The Deck of Cards". Forty...
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many historical figures, including fellow magicians Harry Houdini and Howard Thurston, United States President Warren G. Harding, BMW founder Max Friz, the...
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William Paul Thurston (October 30, 1946 – August 21, 2012) was an American mathematician. He was a pioneer in the field of low-dimensional topology and...
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Garzoni, was performed by Abramo Colorni in the 16th century. Magician Howard Thurston is attributed with creating a unique take on the Rising Card. As described...
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troupe in 1905. The couple then toured Asia in 1906 with the magician Howard Thurston before spending five years working in British music halls. They gave...
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prayer and religion but was skeptical of mediums, assisting debunker Howard Thurston, and embraced the scientific consensus on evolution. In 1910, Sadler...
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1893, radio pioneer William G. Morgan, 1893, inventor of volleyball Howard Thurston, 1893, magician Ernest Yarrow, 1897, director of the Near East Foundation...
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Blackstone was in the model of courtly, elegant predecessor magicians like Howard Thurston and Harry Kellar, and the last of that breed in America. He customarily...
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Houdini, Chung Ling Soo, Harry Blackstone Sr., Harry Blackstone Jr., Howard Thurston, and many others. He also provides an overview of several genres of...
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reportedly provided much of the material for the famous magician, Howard Thurston. While a student at Forest Park High School, she joined the Emerson...
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but ultimately futile gesture. The deceased narrator, Francis Wayland Thurston, recounts his discovery of notes left behind by his grand-uncle, Brown...
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Howard Brush Dean III (born November 17, 1948) is an American physician, author, consultant, and retired politician who served as the 79th governor of...
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magician Howard Thurston, who was in the audience, realised the potential of the trick and persuaded Goldin to let him help in its development. Thurston employed...
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introduced), Kevin Shields, Black Francis, J Mascis, Brian Molko, Rowland S. Howard, Thurston Moore, John Frusciante, Will Sergeant and Johnny Marr (who has a signature...
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Michael Thomas (actor) (Columbus) Andrea Thompson (model, broadcaster) Howard Thurston (magician/illusionist) (Columbus) Evelyn Venable (actress) (Cincinnati)...
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listed in the book Who's who in America immediately after the death of Howard Thurston. Mulholland was also a member of Inner Magic Circle (honorary vice-president)...
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Street segment of the 1938 compilation The Charlie Chaplin Festival. Howard Thurston also used "Love Song" as the accompanying music to his illusion "The...
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(1891–1927), consulting engineer Norma Talmadge (1894–1957), actress Howard Thurston (1869–1936), magician Mike Tirico (born 1966), sportscaster Carmine...
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Dien* 1917-26 Harry Houdini* 1926-27 Bernard M. L. Ernst* 1927-29 Howard Thurston* 1929-30 Theodore Hardeen* 1930-31 James C. Wobensmith* 1931-32 Werner...
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17, 1896. Kellar retired in 1908, and allowed Howard Thurston to be his successor. Kellar had met Thurston, who was doing card tricks, while on vacation...
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