Disappearing tricks
Subtitle: silent film, Houdini, and the new magic of the twentieth century
By: Matthew Solomon.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780252035104; 9780252076978
Subjects: Houdini, Harry, -- 1874-1926 -- Knowledge -- Cinematography; Trick cinematography -- History; Magic tricks in motion pictures; Magic tricks -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An anti-spiritualist medium : stage magic and the beginnings of cinema; title: The death of magic? presentational performance and early film; title: Behind the curtain : Méliès at the Théâtre Robert-Houdin; title: Up-to-date magic : theatrical conjuring and the trick film; title: Houdini's actuality magic : escaping the "ghost house" with moving pictures; title: Lost in transition : sensational fiction and the limits of narrative integration; title: Epilogue.