117 entries for Louis F. Christianer

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Prof. Robert Hellis The Double-Palm Change
Related toVariations 1902
The Expert at the Card Table
150
Coin in Card, Paper in Candle Trick marked coin travels into card, piece of paper into candle
Related toVariations 1902
The Modern Conjurer
249
The Stabbed Card using sticky card to control selection
Variations 1909
The Art of Magic
127
The Card Through the Handkerchief "one of the specialties of the ingenious Mr. Leipzig", credited to German St. Roman
Variations 1909
The Art of Magic
136
Nate Leipzig Sixth Method Aces vanish from deck, reappear via Slap Aces
Variations 1909
The Art of Magic
219
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
Later Magic
573
Louis F. Christianer Foreword
1915
Effective Tricks
2
Louis F. Christianer The Flag, Cone and Ball ball dropped into cone standing in a holder, ball transposes with flag in hand
 		1915
Effective Tricks
3
Louis F. Christianer The New Clock Trick table clock travels from box to under borrowed hat
 		1915
Effective Tricks
6
Louis F. Christianer A Trick with Tissue Paper torn and restored paper strip, snowstorm finale
 		1915
Effective Tricks
7
Louis F. Christianer The Mandarin Sticks of Fung Chu sticks vanish after being wrapped in paper
 		1915
Effective Tricks
9
Louis F. Christianer The Torn and Restored Paper Napkin with fake explanation and body steal
 		1915
Effective Tricks
10
Louis F. Christianer The Card and Orange Trick torn card vanishes and appears restored in orange except one corner
 		1915
Effective Tricks
12
Louis F. Christianer The Card and Envelope card selected and lost, another known card is sealed in envelope, deck dropped on envelope and sealed selection appears on top, first selection is now inside envelope
 		1915
Effective Tricks
13
Louis F. Christianer Tobacco, Water and Silks tobacco put in glass, water in tobacco can, silks vanish and appear dry from can, water poured out of can, tobacco vanishes from glass and reappears in can
 		1915
Effective Tricks
14
Louis F. Christianer The "L. C." Rising Cards with thread with weight that goes through sleeve to inside the coat
 		1916
Effective Card Tricks
3
Louis F. Christianer The Cards Up The Sleeve ten cards, duplicates are already in pockets
 		1916
Effective Card Tricks
4
Louis F. Christianer Rapid Transit "I've got a surprise for you" type transpo
Related toAlso published here 1916
Effective Card Tricks
5
Louis F. Christianer Top and Bottom two cards selected, top and bottom cards are shown not to be the selections, then they are, many passes
 		1916
Effective Card Tricks
7
Louis F. Christianer, Sam Bennett The Mystic Touch card selected, deck spread on table, performer runs finger over spread cards with his back turned and stops at selection, bridge at selection
 		1916
Effective Card Tricks
9
Louis F. Christianer A Good One unknown card put in envelope, blank card placed in another envelope, name of selection in first envelope appears on card in second envelope
Variations 1916
Effective Card Tricks
10
Louis F. Christianer A Few Ideas see following items
 		1916
Effective Card Tricks
11
Louis F. Christianer A variation of a "Good One" variation in which the spots travel to blank card in envelope
Inspired by 1916
Effective Card Tricks
11
Louis F. Christianer Addition Revelation Nine of Hearts forced, then found by having four more cards selected and added (a Heart, a Four, Two and Three)
Related to 1916
Effective Card Tricks
11
Louis F. Christianer "Stabbed Card" Handling handling variation, and idea to perform it with two magicians
Inspired by 1916
Effective Card Tricks
11
Louis F. Christianer "Flash" card torn, pieces thrown with flash towards a frame where the restored card appears minus a torn corner
 		1916
Effective Card Tricks
12
Louis F. Christianer The Traveling Spots blank paper is folded and put in handkerchief, Six of Hearts changes first to a Three, then Ace, then a blank card, spots are found on folded paper, spots travel back on card in envelope
 		1916
Effective Card Tricks
13
Louis F. Christianer Card, Envelope and Flag three selections placed in an envelope, flag vanishes, in envelope is now the flag and selections are found on top of deck, "No better trick for club or parlor work with cards could be devised."
 		1916
Effective Card Tricks
14
Louis F. Christianer Say Stop cards are dealt face up by performer and spectator thinks stop at his card, performer stops at selection
Inspired by
  • "Incomprehensibility" (Dr. Ford Rogers, marketed trick deck)
 1916
Effective Card Tricks
16
Louis F. Christianer Preface
1916
More Effective Tricks
2
Louis F. Christianer The Candle, Die and Handkerchief multiple transpositions/travel effects with candle, handkerchief and large Die with a glass sheet, hat, tube
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
3
Louis F. Christianer The Flower Box novel flower loading method into a box
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
6
Louis F. Christianer The New Ring and Egg Trick finger ring travels into egg
Inspired by
  • method in Magical Bulletin
 1916
More Effective Tricks
8
Louis F. Christianer The Handkerchief and Decanter silk is shot onto a decanter in a paper bag and appears inside
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
10
Louis F. Christianer The Die and Apple apple in box transposes with large die
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
11
Louis F. Christianer The Card in the Pocket spectator remembers card and its position, performer removes it and puts it in his pocket
Inspired by 1916
More Effective Tricks
13
Louis F. Christianer The Orange, Ring and String empty box with string through it, orange and ring vanish and are found inside box with string through them, ring inside fruit
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
15
Louis F. Christianer The Six-Coin Trick six coins in two rows of three, they travel across one by one, no extra coin
Inspired by
  • "Another Invisible Journey" (David Devant, Magic Made Easy)
 1916
More Effective Tricks
18
Louis F. Christianer The Clock Production large table clock appears under handkerchief
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
20
Louis F. Christianer Where's the King? two spot cards and a King, King changes into another spot card, King found in pocket, suggestion by John E. Fowler
Inspired by
  • "The Disappearing Queen" (Magicians' Trick, Hatton & Plate)
 1916
More Effective Tricks
21
Louis F. Christianer The Spots Stick flat small stick with spots
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
23
Louis F. Christianer Use for the Card Windlass using rising card windlass prop for torn and restored paper napkin
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
24
Louis F. Christianer Your Trick spectator cuts deck, removes a few cards and remembers next one, self-force
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
28
Louis F. Christianer A Card Detection cards new deck order, spectator removes any card and puts it in center of cased deck, performer estimates its position, cuts there and looks what it is for later revelation
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
30
Louis F. Christianer The Vanishing Chimes under handkerchief, nesting chimes
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
31
Louis F. Christianer The Wandering Card and Envelope signed empty envelope placed on easel, selected card travels inside envelope, black art gaff
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
33
Louis F. Christianer The Handkerchief and Die silks put in tube, die vanishes and appears in tube, silks found in paper cone
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
34
Louis F. Christianer A Tissue Paper Mystery red and white sheet of tissue paper, centers are torn out and restored mis-made into the wrong papers (white has red center and vice versa), then restored correctly, snow storm finale
 		1916
More Effective Tricks
36
Louis F. Christianer Moves with the Ball and Vase
1916
More Effective Tricks
39
Louis F. Christianer The Sensitive Thumb several cards lost in deck, performer riffles down and thumb drags out the selections one by one
 		1917
Modern Magical Effects
3
Louis F. Christianer Color Changing Thimble sleight of hand thimble routine with color change
 		1917
Modern Magical Effects
4
Louis F. Christianer The Ring and Lemon borrowed finger ring travels from handkerchief to inside lemon onto string which has been threaded through lemon
 		1917
Modern Magical Effects
6
Louis F. Christianer The Wandering Wine and Silks silk travels into glass which was previously filled with wine, wine is found in previously empty glass
 		1917
Modern Magical Effects
8
Louis F. Christianer The Card and Coin empty envelope given out, borrowed marked coin wrapped in paper vanishes in flash, chosen card vanishes and is found in envelope, marked coin found in card
Inspired by 1917
Modern Magical Effects
11
Louis F. Christianer The Picture and Frame frame is taken apart and put together again and covered, card with portrait of person chosen, it travels into frame
 		1917
Modern Magical Effects
13
Louis F. Christianer The Divining Cards selection lost, then two cards are thrown in air and caught in deck, selection is found sandwiched between them, saliva
Related to 1917
Modern Magical Effects
16
Louis F. Christianer The Artistic Touch sheet of paper in embroidery/tambourine frame, card is chosen, performer causes picture of selection to appear on paper when brushing over paper with a brush, it becomes the actual card which is removed
Variations 1917
Modern Magical Effects
17
Floyd G. Thayer A Handkerchief Production sheet of paper in embroidery/tambourine frame, silk drawing appears on it and becomes real
Inspired by 1917
Modern Magical Effects
20
Louis F. Christianer The Card and the Frame card torn, pieces vanish and appear restored in a previously examined frame minus a torn corner
 		1919
More Effective Card Tricks
3
Louis F. Christianer The Cards and Hat deck with two selections is wrapped in handkerchief and set on top of a hat, selections penetrate from wrapped package to under hat
Inspired by 1919
More Effective Card Tricks
4
Louis F. Christianer The Card and the Plate card is torn and wrapped in paper napkin and then in a handkerchief which is placed in a glass, plate placed on top of glass, restored card minus a corner is found stuck to bottom of plate
Also published here
  • The Magic Wand
 1919
More Effective Card Tricks
6
Louis F. Christianer The Mystic Addition Ten of Hearts forced, then found by having five more cards selected and added (a Heart, an Ace, Four, Two and Three)
Related to 1919
More Effective Card Tricks
8
Louis F. Christianer Addition Choreography from Pocket cards palmed from pocket and added with in-transit action, "As an excuse for placing the deck from the left hand to the right, the left hand reaches into the coat pocket and..."
 		1919
More Effective Card Tricks
10
Louis F. Christianer The Flying Card selection travels from packet to envelope which has been shown empty by holding a candle behind, duplicate
Inspired by 1919
More Effective Card Tricks
11
Louis F. Christianer The Traveling Cards three selections from ten-card packet to pocket one by one
 		1919
More Effective Card Tricks
13
Louis F. Christianer The Five Cards one of five cards is selected and put into fifteen-card packet, it travels into pocket, five duplicates
 		1919
More Effective Card Tricks
15
Louis F. Christianer The Top Card selection is shown not to be on top, suddenly it appears face up on top, top card is quickly turned over
 		1919
More Effective Card Tricks
16
Louis F. Christianer The Double Reverse from hand-to-hand air-pressure turnover with top card, then with a double so the first card transforms into the second
 		1919
More Effective Card Tricks
17
Louis F. Christianer The Four Kings four Kings lost in deck, face card of deck changes into the Kings one by one
Inspired by 1919
More Effective Card Tricks
19
Louis F. Christianer Four Ace Assembly brief, starts on bottom of page
 		1919
More Effective Card Tricks
19
Louis F. Christianer The Obedient Card red Aces are thrown in air and caught in deck, selection is found sandwiched between them, wax on Ace
Related to 1919
More Effective Card Tricks
20
Louis F. Christianer Face Up cards are quickly dealt face down by performer, selection is the only one that is dealt face up
Inspired by
  • "Simply Drop Them" (Dr. R. M. Woodward, Sphinx)
 1919
More Effective Card Tricks
21
Louis F. Christianer The Four Ace Trick three duplicate Aces
 		1919
More Effective Card Tricks
22
Louis F. Christianer Bottom Transfer packet placed onto another packet, bottom card secretly transferred to bottom
 		1919
More Effective Card Tricks
23
Louis F. Christianer An Improvement top card of lower half is shown not to be selection, later it is appearing there face up, using slip transfer
 		1919
More Effective Card Tricks
24
Louis F. Christianer The Wandering Block and Flying Silks two cardboard tubes, one closed on both ends, the other filled with solid wood block, silks vanish and are found in tube that had the wood block in it, block is in other tube
 		1919
Original Deceptions
3
Louis F. Christianer The "Flash" Paper Tearing Trick torn and restored tissue paper, it then vanishes in flash of fire
 		1919
Original Deceptions
5
Louis F. Christianer The Card in the Envelope empty envelope on stand is seen empty with candle behind it shining through, card travels into it by being shot on it with a pistol
 		1919
Original Deceptions
6
Louis F. Christianer The Handkerchiefs, Cone and Water silks are put in glass of water, covered with cone, water and silks vanish and are found in cone
 		1919
Original Deceptions
8
Louis F. Christianer A Startling Card Trick three cards vanish from box and appear in a ribbon of cards that falls from a stand as the only three reversed cards
 		1919
Original Deceptions
9
Louis F. Christianer The Die, the Bran and Orange transposition between large die, bran in a tumbler and an orange
 		1919
Original Deceptions
11
Louis F. Christianer A Bewildering Die Trick die to hat
 		1919
Original Deceptions
13
Louis F. Christianer A Flag from a Thimble silk produced from thimble
 		1919
Original Deceptions
16
Louis F. Christianer A New Card in the Egg Trick gaffed cup
 		1919
Original Deceptions
18
Louis F. Christianer A Brilliant Card and Watch Combination borrowed watch, selected card is shot and inside wheels of watch are found elsewhere and card is inside watch, watch is then restored
 		1919
Original Deceptions
19
Louis F. Christianer A Card Discovery name of card appears in red on the back of the performer's hand, stamp
 		1919
Original Deceptions
22
Louis F. Christianer The Thought Card card thought of from near the top, three-card packets shown until the spectator sees his card, it is then found with equivoque procedure
 		1919
Original Deceptions
23
Louis F. Christianer Foreword
1919
New Magical Conceptions
3
Louis F. Christianer The Flying Handkerchief and Cigarets cigarette packet wrapped in paper, silk in paper cone transposes with cigarettes
 		1919
New Magical Conceptions
4
Louis F. Christianer The Ring and Paper Napkin paper napkin crumpled up and put in glass, finger ring travels from handkerchief (with dummy ring in corner) into napkin
 		1919
New Magical Conceptions
6
Louis F. Christianer A Clever Card Trick selection fairly replaced in center of spread by spectator, spectator deals cards face up onto table one by one, performer calls stop before the selection
Related to 1919
New Magical Conceptions
7
Louis F. Christianer The Paper Napkin and Candle tissue torn up, candle vanishes, tissue restored and candle found in jacket, hollow candle and spring in candle stick to make candle vanish visibly into base
 		1919
New Magical Conceptions
8
Louis F. Christianer Count the Cards spectator remembers card and its position
Related to 1919
New Magical Conceptions
10
Louis F. Christianer The Flying Silks and Jar of Confetti jar with confetti, covered with cloth, confetti has vanished and hot coffee is found, two silks vanish and are produced dry from hot coffee, coffee changes back to confetti
 		1919
New Magical Conceptions
11
Louis F. Christianer Ring, Bran and Egg transposition/traveling piece with bran in glass, ring in handkerchief, and ring and ribbon and bran ending all up in an egg
 		1919
New Magical Conceptions
13
Louis F. Christianer The Conjuror's Touch three selections are shuffled back, deck put into handkerchief which is shaken to mix up cards, performer reaches in and finds cards one by one, secret pocket in silk, optional penetration of last card
 		1919
New Magical Conceptions
15
Louis F. Christianer My Favorite Trick two cards selected, first comes to top and is then placed on floor under foot of spectator, it reappears face up in deck and under foot is now the second selection
Related to 1919
New Magical Conceptions
17
Louis F. Christianer Die and Double Boxes large die vanishes from newspaper and is found in two nested boxes
 		1923
Selected Tricks
3
Louis F. Christianer The Divining Cards card is tossed up and caught in deck between two selections
 		1923
Selected Tricks
4
Louis F. Christianer Flowers and Doves basket with flowers is covered, flowers change to doves
 		1923
Selected Tricks
6
Louis F. Christianer Correcting a Mistake card is selected and placed aside without looking, three more cards chosen, they are three Kings, first chosen card is an Ace and Kings have changed to Aces
 		1923
Selected Tricks
7
Louis F. Christianer Double-Palm Change Handling
Inspired by 1923
Selected Tricks
8
Louis F. Christianer A Clever Coin Move false transfer with back clip at end of coin roll
 		1923
Selected Tricks
9
Louis F. Christianer Hit It Hard selection placed on top, deck hit by spectator, card is then shown on bottom, deck shuffled and hit again, card at named position
 		1923
Selected Tricks
11
Louis F. Christianer The Flying Handkerchief silk travels from hand into paper tube, silk bundle hangs on a loop
 		1923
Selected Tricks
12
Louis F. Christianer Two Coin Moves
  • coin placed on fist, hand waved over it, it changes (sleeve clean-up)
  • coin sleeving from left fist as right hand rubs it
 		1923
Selected Tricks
14
Louis F. Christianer An Effective Card Trick card chosen, it appears face up on the deck, is chosen again, face card changes into selection which is placed on floor, another chosen card is the same card, card on floor is an indifferent one
 		1923
Selected Tricks
15
Louis F. Christianer Flying Ink and Silk ink travels from glass to glass
 		1923
Selected Tricks
16
Louis F. Christianer The Four Aces Again three cards placed onto each Ace, rest of deck in glass, Aces vanish one by one and rise out of the deck
 		1923
Selected Tricks
18
Louis F. Christianer Twenty-Five Cards with one selection
 		1923
Selected Tricks
20
Louis F. Christianer A Thimble Pass "by Christianer"
 		1933
Page Wright's Notebook
3
Henry Hardin Satan's Mail card to envelope, sticking to it with wax
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1937
Encyclopedia of Card Tricks
346
Paul Rosini A Great Location Trick subtle key card location
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1938
Greater Magic
570
Louis F. Christianer Louis F. Christianer's Favorite String Trick cut and restored string, pieces placed inside glass of water and fished out with pencil
 		1941 ca.
Abbott's Encyclopedia of Rope Tricks
106
Eddie Fechter I've Got A Surprise For You wrong card placed on table, same card is removed from pocket and card on table turns out to be selection
Related toAlso published here 1974
Magician Nitely
1
Dai Vernon The Dual Crimp two crimped key cards in tabled spread
Related to 1988
The Vernon Chronicles — Volume 2
4
Louis F. Christianer Rapid Transit "I've got a surprise for you" type transpo
Also published here 2003
Hofzinser Notebook
28