Genii Volume 20 (Sep 1955 - Aug 1956 , Instant Download )

Genii Volume 20 (Sep 1955 – Aug 1956 , Instant Download )

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Genii Volume 20 (Sep 1955 - Aug 1956 , Instant Download )
Genii Volume 20 (Sep 1955 – Aug 1956 , Instant Download )

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Genii Volume 20 (Sep 1955 – Aug 1956 , Instant Download )

September 1955 – August 1956
Geraldine Larsen, William Larsen, Jr. & Milton Page Larsen, Editors

491 pages (5 double pages) (page numbering off by 2 in No. 7)

  1. Genii – Volume 20, Number 1 – September 1955 – 72 pages
  2. Cover – 20th Anniversary
  3. In This Issue – contents
  4. Letters
  5. William W. Larsen, Sr. – photo
  6. Dedication
  7. The Genii Speaks
  8. Ideas of Idle Moments – Lu Brent
    • Ball Looney
    • The Great Klepto
  9. The Cat’s Meow – Gerald Kosky
  10. Flower Magic – Frank Lezama
    • Flowers
    • Color Changing Rose
    • Another Color Change
    • A Bouquet of Flowers that Change Color
  11. Volta’s Magic Mysteries – Burling “Volta” Hull
    • The “Impossible” Visible Penetration
  12. Burling “Volta” Hull – by Lou Hall
  13. Sorcar’s Original “Motor Car Vanish” – P. C. Sorcar
  14. Davy and the Gambling Man – Larry Becker
  15. You Do As I Do … But Not Too Often – Snag Werris
  16. Dick’s Tricks – Richard L. Piser
    • Dick’s Drinks
  17. The Magician Explains How – Jack Yeager
  18. Trans-Mental – Art Hecht
  19. That’s Right – Bill Taylor
  20. My Favorite Deck of Cards – Charles W. Fricke
  21. Sam (Last of the Truly Obscure Magicians) – by Red Baker
  22. Gravatt’s X-Ray Card – Glenn Gravatt
  23. Bank Night – Art Andrews
  24. The Unusual in Manipulative Magic – Lee Henneberry
  25. So You want to Become a Professional Magician – J. B. Bobo
  26. J. B. Bobo – photo and biographical sketch
  27. “Kuma” [Yen Soo Kim] and the Kuma Tubes – Ray Muse
  28. How About a Tape Recorder? – Bill Larsen (Jr.)
    • Recorders I Recommend
    • How to Use the Tape Recorder
    • Other Ideas
    • How to Make Your Recording
    • How to Play the Recorder
  29. If This Be Magic — Let It Be Entertaining – Arnold Furst
  30. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen – F. Michael Shields
    • I Won’t Play Cards with Him – continued
  31. Black Magic – Eugene Poinc
    • Poinc Returns from Guatemala
  32. Paper and Ink – Dariel Fitzkee
    • Kardyro Kard Conjuring – Senor Torino (Tony Kardyro)
    • book explaining his act – Senor Torino (Tony Kardyro)
    • The Ace Dictionary Test – Holden’s
    • Abracadabra Nos. 291-492
    • M-U-M, July
    • Pentagram, May and June issues
    • The Magic Magazine, June and July issues
    • The Gen, June and July issues
  33. Double Daring – Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • another “Just Chance” effect
  34. Without the Shuffle – Gene Gordon
  35. That San Diego Installation Party – Ray Muse
  36. Eastern Hi-Lites – Sam Aaronson
    • Jack Miller’s Eight Golden Rules of Magic
    • Convention News
  37. Magigal News – Della Taylor
    • Pasadena Assembly
    • Parent Assembly
  38. Magic Dealers Association, Inc. – Professor Fabian
  39. Take a Bow! – list of kudos
  40. Obituary – George W. Shade – b Edwin Bloom
  41. Your New Act from Genii – Ray Muse
    • Pocket Close-Up Act (No Cards)
    • Impromptu Card Act (Borrowed Deck)
    • Expert at the Card Table
    • Club Magic Act
  42. Towns’ Teen Topics – Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Bill Doerken
    • correspondence
    • Presto-Chango! – Len E. Towns
  43. Music in Magic – Dick Sherman
  44. Sound Thinking – Oliver Berliner
  45. News of the I.B.M. – J. Ray Beffel
    • 1935 Convention
    • I.B.M. history
  46. Dealers’ Directory
  1. Genii – Volume 20, Number 2 – October 1955 – 36 pages
  2. Cover – Harry Houdini Memorial Issue
  3. In This Issue – contents
  4. Letters
  5. The Genii Speaks
  6. The Final Houdini Seance – Taken from the Actual Recording
  7. Houdini and Alexander Heimburger – Fred Rickard and Phil Bauer
  8. Escape Ideas – Charles Ruben
    • Sealed Paper Box
    • Escape from Lion Cage at City Zoo
    • Some Escape Facts
    • More Escape Ideas
      • Baskets
      • Escape from Tree
      • Simplex Escape Trunk
  9. Let’s Talk It Over – Burling Hull
    • Let Us Make Our Magic More Impressive
    • Dramatizing Evan a Stage Card Feat
    • Volta “Wow Card Feat”
  10. Without the Shuffle – Gene Gordon
  11. Abbott’s Get Together – photos by Mr. Zuko
  12. Obituary – John J. McManus
  13. T.A.O.M. Conclave Report – Gene Looper
  14. T.A.O.M. Conclave – photos by McGregor
  15. Houdini Club Convention – Doc Mann
  16. Correction – photos switched in September issue
  17. correction – advertisement on page 61
  18. Double Daring – Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • prediction with two packs of cards
  19. Paper and Ink – Dariel Fitzkee
    • Camp Magic – M. Sargent Desmond, editor
    • The Floating Star – M. Sargent Desmond
    • Scrabble Prediction – M. Sargent Desmond
    • Think – M. Sargent Desmond
    • card sleight – Gerald Kosky
    • Improved Four Card Monte – Kard Kastle Magic Company
    • Enardoe Playing Cards – Edward Drane
    • Mystery Paddle – Edward Drane
  20. letter from Arnold Furst re: Combined Meeting of the Three Leading Magic Clubs in Tokyo
  21. In Rebuttal – poem – Willard S. Smith
  22. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen – F. Michael Shields
    • Evidence of Deception – An Illustrated Lecture
  23. Eastern Hi-Lites – Sam Aaronson
    • I.B.M. Notes
    • S.A.M. Notes
    • Convention Notes
  24. Magigal News – Della Taylor
    • Parent Assembly Magigals
    • Pasadena Magigals
    • Hollywood Magigals
    • Allentown Assembly
  25. Towns’ Teen Topics – Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Freddie Castro aka Norvell the Magician
    • correspondence
  26. W. C. (Rufus) Steele passes away
  27. Magic Dealers Association, Inc. – Professor Fabian
  28. News of the I.B.M. – J. Ray Beffel
    • A Brief Interview with Billy McComb – by Bruce Posgate
    • I.B.M. Briefs
  29. Magician’s Guild of America, Inc. – Drake V. Smith
  1. Genii – Volume 20, Number 3 – November 1955 – 36 pages
  2. In This Issue – contents
  3. Letters
  4. The Genii Speaks
  5. Vanishing Ink – Larry Becker
  6. Technicolor Billiard Ball – H. Fernandes
  7. $64,000.00 Illusion – Sargent Desmond
  8. Spirit Slate and Chalk Mystery – Joseph M. White
  9. Snow Balls and The Snow Man – Richard L. Piser
  10. Planning & Preparation – Charles W. Fricke
  11. Double Daring – Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • Something E.S.Pecial
  12. The Armchair Magician – by Old Timer
  13. Our Cover – Carl W. Jones
  14. Towns’ Teen Topics – Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Cleve Canham
    • correspondence
    • magazines – Teenage Trixter
  15. New England Magicians Convention – Sam Aaronson
  16. Without the Shuffle – Gene Gordon
  17. Paper and Ink – Dariel Fitzkee
    • John Howie’s Routines with the Jardine Ellis Ring
    • One More Thought on Cards – J. Stewart Smith
    • The New Phoenix, Nos. 328-330
    • Pentagram, August and September issues
    • Abracadabra No. 500
    • The Gen, August
  18. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen – F. Michael Shields
    • Evidence of Deception – continued
  19. Magigal News – Della Taylor
    • Parent Assembly
    • Portland Assembly
    • Chicago Assembly
    • Allentown, Pa.
    • Hollywood Magic Gals
  20. The Society of American Magicians – Don Lawton
    • Chicago Assembly No. 3 – “The Doodlebug”
    • Herman Hanson Boston Assembly No. 9 – “The Barnstormer”
    • San Bernardino Assembly – “Out of the Hat”
  21. Magic Dealers Association, Inc. – Professor Fabian
    • Edward O. Drane
  22. News of the I.B.M. – J. Ray Beffel
    • Magical ABC’s – Bill Weldon
  23. Magician’s Guild of America, Inc. – Drake V. Smith
    • 106th Guild Meeting
    • Vernon Scobie
    • Bits from the Press
    • Heard From Here and There
    • News from Canada
    • Peter Ernst and his New Trophies
  24. Eastern Hi-Lites – Sam Aaronson
    • IBM Notes
    • SAM Notes
    • Miscellaneous
  1. Genii – Volume 20, Number 4 – December 1955 – 40 pages
  2. Cover – Merry Christmas 1955
  3. In This Issue – contents
  4. Things I Never Knew Till Now – Snag Werris
  5. The Genii Speaks
  6. Concentrate Please – Ed Whitford
  7. The Armchair Magician – by Old Timer
  8. Wow Slate Sensation – Burling Hull
  9. Publictime – Allison
  10. An Eye for an Eye – or, The Optometrist’s Dream – R. Vernon Cook
  11. Electronic – A Flash Gimmic – Richard L. Piser
  12. Double Daring – Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • The Penultimate Pasteboard
  13. Magic and Psychic Phenomena – Hereward Carrington
  14. Black Magic – Eugene Poinc
    • Time Will Tell
  15. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen – F. Michael Shields
    • Evidence of Deception – continued
  16. Paper and Ink – Dariel Fitzkee
    • TV Mentalism – Robert A. Nelson
    • The Riddle of Chung Ling Soo – Will Dexter
    • The Miracle Ring Release – Jack Chanin
    • Red Tape – Irv Weiner
    • The Wizard
  17. Selected Magic – Merry Christmas – W.W.L.,Jr.
    • Red Tape Thumb Tie – Irv Weiner
    • Hi-Fie
    • Money Machine – Haskell
    • Wallet Wallop – Hen Fetsch
    • Fanfare – Hen Fetsch
    • Martin’s Spirit Bell
    • Greater Magic
    • Linking Pins
    • The Thought Pictures
    • Ever Lit Candle
    • Deluxe Simplex Back Drop Frames – Star Magic
    • Waller rubber objects
    • Buckley Improved Cane to Table
    • Hippity Hop Rabbits – Abbott’s
    • Noting in My Hands – Standfield
    • Gurtler’s Helicopter Cups
    • Final Ace Routine – John Hamman
    • TV Mentalism – Robert A. Nelson
    • The Atomic Lamp Co.
    • Gerald Kosky’s Invisible Card Change
    • Ken Allen’s Improved Finale Banner
    • Classified – Win Beaver Enterprises
    • Modern Coin Magic – J., B. Bobo
    • Scrabble Prediction – White Mountain Magic Den
    • Botania – Horace Marshall
    • Magician’s Scrapbooks
  18. Egyptian Hall – Nashville, Tennessee – Dave Price
  19. Without the Shuffle – Gene Gordon
  20. Towns’ Teen Topics – Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Dennis (The Menace) Jellum
    • Balloon Prediction – Dennis Jellum
    • correspondence
    • magazines – Sorcery
    • update on Lee Henneberry (from April 1949)
  21. The Society of American Magicians – Don Lawton
    • Pittsburgh Assembly No. 18
    • Northern Connecticut Assembly No. 21 – “Aladdin’s Lamp”
    • Parent Assembly No. 1
  22. News of the I.B.M. – J. Ray Beffel
    • It’s in the Box – Impressions of Ross Bertram – by Herb Stonham
  23. Magic Dealers Association, Inc. – Professor Fabian
    • What Every Young Boy Should Know … If He’s a Magician – Professor Fabian
  24. Highlights of 20th Annual N.Y. State and Canada Conclave – Perry Jones
  25. Dave Swift Passes – obituary
  26. Magigal News – Della Taylor
    • Parent Assembly
    • Pasadena Assembly
    • Hollywood Assembly
    • Chicago Assembly
  27. Al Flosso Honored – by Sam Aaronson
  28. Eastern Hi-Lites – Sam Aaronson
    • I.B.M. Notes
    • S.A.M. Notes
    • Miscellaneous
  1. Genii – Volume 20, Number 5 – January 1956 – 36 pages
  2. Cover – Dorny – A.M.A.S. Magician of the Year
  3. In This Issue – contents
  4. Letters
  5. As We Go To Press – W.W.L.
  6. Things I Never Knew Till Now – Snag Werris
  7. The Genii Speaks
  8. The Academy of Magical Arts and Sciences Awards of Merit
    1. Magician of the Year – Werner C. (Dorny) Dornfield
    2. Werner C. (Dorny) Dornfield – photo
    3. Book of the Year – The Tarbell Course in Magic Volume Six
    4. Contribution to Genii of the Year – Burling Hull – Impossible Visible Penetration
    5. Commercial Trick of the Year – The Helicopter Cups – invented by Robert J. Gurtler – Marketed by Bert Easley
  9. Pasteboard Seance – Larry Becker
  10. The Armchair Magician – Harris Solomon
    • Triskaidekaphobia
  11. Vanishing Bowl of Liquid – Economy Model – Win Beaver
  12. cartoon – Jack Holland
  13. Slates of Satan – Volta System (Burling Hull)
  14. Egyptian Hall – Nashville, Tennessee – Dave Price
  15. Pictures – publicity photos
    • Bob Fischer and Barbara
    • Matt Schulein, Sr.
    • Kalanag on stage
  16. Double Daring – Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • a prediction effect
  17. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen – F. Michael Shields
    • Evidence of Deception – continued
  18. Paper and Ink – Dariel Fitzkee
    • reviews of Sorcar’s performances at the Theatre de l’Etoile, Paris
    • Gag Bag No. 4 – Morris Novelty Co.
    • Bulletins from M.D.A.
    • Lecture Notes – Robert Wilkins
    • Phoenix Nos. 331-333
    • Pentagram, September
    • MUM
    • The Linking Ring
    • Abracadabra Nos. 506 & 510
    • The Gen, October
    • The Magic Magazine, August
    • Hugard’s Monthly, October
  19. Without the Shuffle – Gene Gordon
  20. The Society of American Magicians – Don Lawton
    • Milt Larsen’s Newsyletter
    • Maple Leaf Assembly No. 58
  21. News of the I.B.M. – J. Ray Beffel
    • Chicago’s Round Table of Magicians
  22. Towns’ Teen Topics – Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Anthony Dunn
    • Calculated Positions – John Carol Monier
    • correspondence
  23. I.B.M. Convention – J. Ray Beffel
  24. Eastern Hi-Lites – Sam Aaronson
    • I.B.M. Notes
    • S.A.M. Notes
  25. Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • List of Members
  26. Magician’s Guild of America, Inc. – Drake V. Smith
    • The 108th Guild Meeting
    • Heard From Here and There
    • W. W. Pulls Boner
    • Annual Banquet and Show
  1. Genii – Volume 20, Number 6 – February 1956 – 36 pages
  2. Cover – “Misterious” Howard Campbell
  3. In This Issue – contents
  4. Things I Never Knew Till Now – Snag Werris
  5. Letters
  6. As We Go To Press – W.W.L.
  7. The Genii Speaks
  8. Sorcar – A Review of His Show at the Theatre de l’Etoile, Paris, France – Arnold Furst
  9. Gravatt’s Magical Horse Race – Glenn Gravatt
  10. The Bloodhound Card – Eddie Joseph
  11. Newspaper Hat Trick – Lu Brent
  12. The Armchair Magician – Harris Solomon
  13. “Mysterious” Howard Campbell – Genii’s Prize Winning Dealer – by Frank Werner
  14. Who’s Fooling Who – David Matson, Magical Entertainment Studios
  15. The Evolution of a Card Trick – Charles Fricke
  16. Double Daring – Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • re: eyeless vision
  17. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen – F. Michael Shields
    • Evidence of Deception – continued
  18. Without the Shuffle – Gene Gordon
  19. Paper and Ink – Dariel Fitzkee
    • TV, Magic and You – Jay Marshall
    • Gags with Gimmicks – Johnny Geddes
    • The Magic Wand, October
    • Haines’ House of Cards catalogue
    • Phoenix No. 334
    • M-U-M, Christmas issue
  20. The Society of American Magicians – Don Lawton
    • Annual St. Louis Public Show
  21. News of the I.B.M. – J. Ray Beffel
    • I.B.M. Convention
    • I.B.M. Briefs
    • plans for SCRAM (Southern California Rally of All Magicians)
    • 1956 Canada Conclave of Magicians
  22. Eastern Hi-Lites – Sam Aaronson
    • IBM Notes
    • SAM Notes
  23. Towns’ Teen Topics – Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Ernest Pooleon
    • correspondence
  24. Magigal News – Della Taylor
    • Parent Assembly
    • Allentown Assembly
    • Portland Assembly
    • Pasadena Assembly
    • Hollywood Magigals
  25. Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • List of Members
  1. Genii – Volume 20, Number 7 – March 1956 – 42 pages
  2. Cover – The Kalanag Revue
  3. In This Issue – contents
  4. Letters
  5. As We Go To Press – W.W.L. (Jr.)
  6. Things I Never Knew Till Now – Snag Werris
  7. The Genii Speaks
    • Bridey Murphy
    • Collins R. Pentz Passes
    • Reno Magic Birthday
    • Furst Does It Again
    • Vin Carey Exits as Dealer
    • Genii Record
    • Almost
  8. Roll Call – Senor Torino
  9. Deep Thought – Senor Torino
  10. Imagination – Richard L. Piser
  11. Sealed Miracle Prediction – a Dr. “C” Production – C. W. Simon
  12. What About This One? – H. Fernandes
  13. Mind Control – Judge Charles W. Fricke
  14. Hocus Pocus ’56 – A review of the Annual Show of S.A.M. Assembly 22 at Carthay Circle Theater, January 29, 1956
  15. Double Daring – Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • re: Seven Keys to Baldpate
  16. Kalanag – Review of his show at Franz-Altloff-Bau Threatre, Frankfort, Germany – Arnold Furst
  17. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen – F. Michael Shields
    • The L.W. Patter and Presentation for The Rising Cards
  18. Who’s Fooling Who – David Matson, Magical Entertainment Studios
  19. Magigal News – Della Taylor
    • Parent Assembly
    • Pasadena Assembly
    • Chicago Assembly
    • Hollywood Assembly
    • Portland Assembly
    • Allentown Assembly
  20. Arkansas Governor Makes RossKam Honorary Citizen
  21. Paper and Ink – Dariel Fitzkee
    • Panarama of Prestidigitators – Milbourne Christopher
    • Black Art – Ireland’s
    • Paper Capers – Gerald M. Loe
    • Phoenix No. 335
    • Abracadabra
    • Mecca News – The Magician’s Mecca
    • Top Secrets of Magic – in M-U-M – J. G. Thompson, Jr.
    • Hugard’s, January
    • Gen, December
    • The Magic Magazine, January
  22. Without the Shuffle – Gene Gordon
  23. Towns’ Teen Topics – Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Loring Langdon
    • correspondence
  24. Eastern Hi-Lites – Sam Aaronson
    • Ring No. 26 (New York City)
    • Ring No. 113 (Patterson, N.J.)
    • Ring No. 114 (Elizabeth, N.J.)
    • Assembly No. 1 (New York City)
    • Assembly No. 4 (Philadelphia)
    • Ring No. 79 (Endicott, N.Y.)
    • General
  25. Magician’s Guild of America, Inc. – Drake V. Smith
    • The 110th Guild Meeting
    • Heard From Here and There
    • Bits From the Press
    • In Case You Haven’t Heard
    • Annual Banquet and Show
  26. The Society of American Magicians – Don Lawton
    • Parent Assembly No. 1
    • Chicago Assembly No. 3 and Ring No. 43
  27. News of the I.B.M. – J. Ray Beffel
    • 1956 Convention
    • News Briefs
  28. Magic Dealers Association, Inc. – Professor Fabian
    • List of Members
  29. Packed House at Palace Premiere – Virgil the Magician – newspaper review
  30. Fetsch on Winter Lecture Tour, Visits Little Rock
  1. Genii – Volume 20, Number 8 – April 1956 – 40 pages
  2. Cover – Don Lawton
  3. In This Issue – contents
  4. Letters
  5. As We Go To Press – W.W.L.
  6. The Genii Speaks
  7. The “You Choose Slate Mystery” – Volta (Burling Hull)
  8. Aces and Kings – Sam Aaronson
  9. Gravatt’s Card and Dagger – Glenn Gravatt
  10. Prediction by Becker – Larry Becker
  11. Rai Bare Hand Dove Vanish – Senor Rai
  12. The Armchair Magician – Harris Solomon
    • Logic, Magic and a Piece of String
  13. Double Daring – Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • mental effect with cards
  14. Dave Price’s Egyptian Hall Museum of Magical History
  15. Behind the “Lines from Lawton” – Don Lawton
  16. Lines About Lawton – Ross Durbin
  17. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen – F. Michael Shields
    • The L.W. Patter and Presentation for The Rising Cards – continued
  18. Paper and Ink – Dariel Fitzkee
    • Ireland’s 1955 Year Book
    • The Best in Magic – Bruce Elliott
    • Golden Gate Magic Co. catalog
    • Phoenix No. 336
    • Pentagram, October to January issues
  19. Without the Shuffle – Gene Gordon
  20. Salute to Jack Miller – Sam Aaronson
  21. Dallas Magic Circle has “Bridey Murphy” Party – photo
  22. New York Advertising Men Turn Out for the 22nd Annual Magic Show at the Advertising Club – photo
  23. Eastern Hi-Lites – Sam Aaronson
    • Assembly No. 1 (New York City)
    • Assembly No. 4 (Philadelphia)
    • Assembly No. 16 (Worcester)
    • Assembly No. 25 (Northern New Jersey)
    • Ring No. 26 (New York City)
    • Assembly No. 58 (Montreal)
    • Ring No. 62 (Montreal)
    • Ring No. 106 [sic – 104] (Irvington, N.J.)
    • Ring No. 113 (Patterson, N.J.)
    • Ring No. 114 (Elizabeth, N.J.)
  24. News of the I.B.M. – J. Ray Beffel
    • IBM Convention
    • Harold Steele Caught Bug from Son – by Herb Stonham
  25. Towns’ Teen Topics – Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Gerald Burns
    • correspondence
    • magazines – PIPS
  26. Magigal News – Della Taylor
    • Parent Assembly
    • Oakland Magigals
    • San Jose Magigals
    • Hollywood Magigals
    • Chicago Assembly
    • Portland Magigals
  27. Magician’s Guild of America, Inc. – Drake V. Smith
    • The 111th Guild Meeting
    • Ad Club’s Magic Show
    • A Reminder
  28. The Society of American Magicians – Don Lawton
    • Magic in Havana – First International S.A.M. Convention
  29. Magic Dealers Association, Inc. – Professor Fabian
    • List of Members
  1. Genii – Volume 20, Number 9 – May 1956 – 40 pages
  2. Cover – Richiardi Jr.
  3. In This Issue – contents
  4. As We Go To Press – WWL (Jr)
  5. The Genii Speaks
    • Wendy – poem by Marie Dornfield
    • Arnold Furst
    • Howard Campbell
    • Otto W. Sutter
    • C.B.S.
    • Dave Robbins
    • Bob Nelson
    • Professor Fiat
  6. Senor Torino Presents
    • The T. K. Poker Run-Up System
    • The T. K. Supreme Run-Up
  7. Magical Ideas – Charles W. Fricke
  8. Supremonition – Aldini
  9. “No Hands” Liquid Vanish – Richard L. Piser
  10. A Final [billiard ball] Surprise – H. Fernandes
  11. $64,000 Magical Give-Away – Billy Hendricks
  12. Double Daring – Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • postcard effect
  13. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen – F. Michael Shields
    • Patter Plot Scripts
      • The Cut and Restored Rope
      • Linking Rings
  14. Richiardi, Jr. – A Review of His Show at the Royal Theatre, Portsmouth, England – by Arnold Furst
  15. Tommy Windsor Challenges The S.A.M. & I.B.M.
  16. Paper and Ink – Dariel Fitzkee
    • Pretty Sneaky – Dan Alan
    • 64 Ways to Make Magic Pay – Tommy Windsor
    • Prestidigitator’s Giant Printing and Publicity Portfolio – Tommy Windsor
    • The Magic Wand, December
    • Pentagram, February
    • Abracadabra Nos. 523-530
    • The Wizard
    • The Magic Magazine, February
    • Hugard’s, March
    • M-U-M, February and March issues
    • Mental-Wise
  17. Without the Shuffle – Gene Gordon
  18. Eastern Hi-Lites – Sam Aaronson
    • Ring No. 26 (New York City)
    • Assembly No. 1 (New York City)
    • Ring No. 113 (Patterson, N.J.)
    • Assembly No. 58 (Montreal)
    • Maritime Magicians Club (Halifax, Nova Scotia)
    • Assembly No. 4 (Philadelphia)
    • New Jersey Magicians Society
  19. Magigal News – Della Taylor
    • Oakland Magigals
    • Pasadena Assembly
    • Hollywood Assembly
    • Chicago Assembly
    • Portland Assembly Magigals
    • Dallas Texas Magigals
  20. News of the I.B.M. – J. Ray Beffel
    • 1956 Convention
    • IBM Briefs
  21. Magician’s Guild of America, Inc. – Drake V. Smith
    • The 112th Guild Meeting
    • Heard From Here and There
  22. photo – Gogia Pasha & Ormand McGill
  23. photo – SAM Member Milton Berle & Snag Werris
  24. photo – Max Terhune & Jack Schindler
  25. photo – Bill Larsen and Wendy Anne
  26. Towns’ Teen Topics – Glen E. Towns, editor
    • correspondence
    • magazines – Pips
    • Dick Madigan
  27. Obituary – Captain L. C. Perry
  28. The Society of American Magicians – Don Lawton
    • International SAM Conference – Havana
    • Lloyd E. Jones – National President
    • Charles O. Schoke – National Vice President
    • Milbourne Christopher – Editor of M-U-M
  29. Who’s Fooling Who – David Matson, Magical Entertainment Studios
  30. Magic Dealers Association, Inc. – Professor Fabian
    • List of Members
  1. Genii – Volume 20, Number 10 – June 1956 – 40 pages
  2. Cover – P.C.A.M. Convention Seattle 1956
  3. In This Issue – contents
  4. six photos (see As We Go To Press)
  5. As We Go To Press – W.W.L.
  6. The Genii Speaks
  7. The Professional Successful “Mentalism” – Burling Volta Hull
    • Correct Showmanship Techniques for “Mental” Acts
  8. X-Ray Dove Vanish – Senor Rai
  9. Handcuffs – Frank Reno
  10. A Club Mental Act – Howard F. Carlburg
  11. The Ministry of Magic – Joseph M. White
    • bio – Joseph M. White
    • Egg to Silk
    • effect with rainbow silks
  12. Arkansas Magicians Convention – Mr. Zuko
  13. Explanatory Program of Mme. Adelaide Herrmann – Ray Muse
  14. Our Cover – It’s P.C.A.M. in Seattle – Bob Youngs
  15. Dave Price’s Egyptian Hall Museum of Magical History
  16. Double Daring – Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • one ahead effect
  17. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen – F. Michael Shields
    • Patter Plot Scripts – continued
      • The Sliding Die Box
      • Passe Passe Bottle and Glass
      • Egg Bag
      • The Blue Phantom
  18. Without the Shuffle – Gene Gordon
  19. Paper and Ink – Dariel Fitzkee
    • Hypno-Trix – Robert A. Nelson
    • Mirage – Eddie Joseph
    • One Hundred and One Opening Remarks – Tom Osborne
    • The Torn and Restored One-Dollar Bill – Tom Osborne
    • The Thumb Tie – Tom Osborne
    • Abracadabra, Nos. 531-534
    • The Gen, April
    • The Magic Magazine, April
    • Mentalwise, April
    • The New Phoenix No. 337
  20. Eastern Hi-Lites – Sam Aaronson
    • New Jersey Magicians Society
    • Assembly No. 1 (New York City)
    • Assembly No. 4 (Philadelphia)
    • Assembly No. 16 (Worcester)
    • Ring No. 26 (New York City)
    • Ring No. 113 (Patterson, N.J.)
    • Ring No. 114 (Elizabeth, N.J.)
  21. Laffs in Magic – cartoon – Jack Holland
  22. The Society of American Magicians – Don Lawton
    • Aladdin’s Lamp
    • Boston Barnstormer – Assembly No. 9, Boston
    • The Flash Paper – Omaha Assembly No. 7
    • Word – Montreal Assembly No. 58
    • M-U-M
  23. News of the I.B.M. – J. Ray Beffel
    • 1956 IBM Convention in Miami Beach
    • From Magic to Movies
  24. Towns’ Teen Topics – Glen E. Towns, editor
    • List of teen magicians for correspondence
  25. Magigal News – Della Taylor
    • Parent Assembly
    • Oakland Magigals
    • Pasadena Assembly
    • San Jose Magigals
    • Hollywood Assembly
    • Chicago Magigals
    • Portland Magigals
    • New York Magigals
    • Connecticut Assembly
  26. New Magic Word [Okefenokee] – re: Jerry Anderson – J. Ray Beffel
  1. Genii – Volume 20, Number 11 – July 1956 – 40 pages
  2. Cover – Valentine and His Birds
  3. In This Issue – contents
  4. As We Go To Press – WWL (Jr)
  5. Next Month
  6. Laffs in Magic – cartoon – Jack Holland
  7. The Genii Speaks
    • S.A.M. Convention in Havana, Cuba
    • Where Next Year I.B.M.?
    • [Gogia] Pasha in Los Angeles
    • I.B.M. Sidesteps Windsor
    • P.A.C.M. in Seattle
    • Wendy Likes Genii
    • Grabel Offers
    • Missing Persons
    • Autographs
  8. Kings & Deuces – Gerald Kosky
  9. Dick’s Tricks – Dick Piser
    • The Genii’s Glass
  10. Nick’s Table Trix – Nick Trost
    • No. 1 – Knife Illusion
  11. Take a Card – Judge Charles W. Fricke
  12. The Magic Pair of Scissors – Hans Fernandes
  13. Double Daring – Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • The Pack’s Out
  14. The Ministry of Magic – Joseph M. White
    • Magi-Minister of the Month – Dana Pankey
    • Phantom Tube effect
  15. Our Cover – Valentine – Magician of the Month
  16. photo of magicians from The 1956 Annual Banquet and Ball of the Magic Circle
  17. Memories of Miami Beach ’56 – report of the I.B.M. Convention – William Larsen (Jr.)
  18. Paper and Ink – Dariel Fitzkee
    • Linking Coat Hangers – John Stanfield
    • How to Calculate Quickly – Henry Sticker
    • The Hindu Cups – Eddie Joseph
    • Tommy Windsor’s Presto Press Book
    • More Mohammed Bey Routines With The Okito Coin Box, Four Coins, A Card Case And A Tumbler – Master Routine No. 2 – S. Leo Horowitz
    • Magic With A Message – David Hoy
  19. Eastern Hi-Lites – Sam Aaronson
    • Parent Assembly No. 1 (New York City)
    • Assembly No. 4 (Philadelphia)
    • Assembly No. 16 (Worcester)
    • Assembly No. 20 (Bridgeport, Conn.)
    • Assembly No. 58 (Montreal)
    • Ring No. 113 (Patterson, N.J.)
    • Ring No. 123 (Long Branch, N.J.)
    • Ring No. 26 (New York City)
    • Ring No. 104 (Irvington, N.J.)
    • Ring No. 114 (Elizabeth, N.J.)
    • Roche Magic Studio (new York)
  20. The Society of American Magicians – Don Lawton
    • New National Officers
    • The S.A.M. Film Programs
  21. Towns’ Teen Topics – Glen E. Towns, editor
    • Lindsay Smith
    • correspondence
    • Don Lawton’s Magic Club
  22. Magigal News – Della Taylor
    • Parent Assembly Magigals
    • Seattle Gals
    • Oakland Gals
    • Pasadena Gals
    • Hollywood Gals
    • Chicago Gals
    • Portland Gals
    • New York Gals
  23. Magic Dealers Association, Inc.
    • M.D.A. at the I.B.M. Convention
    • M.D.A. at the S.A.M. Convention
  24. Without the Shuffle – Gene Gordon
  25. Explanatory Program of Tarbell Lecture Show – 1939 – Ray Muse
  26. S.A.M. 22 Hit at Chino – Ray Muse
  1. Genii – Volume 20, Number 12 – August 1956 – 40 pages
  2. Cover –
  3. In This Issue – contents
  4. Next Month
  5. Laffs in Magic – cartoon – Jack Holland
  6. As We Go To Press – WWL (Jr.)
  7. This Was Your Life Harry Lester – obituary
  8. The Genii Speaks
    • Dariel Fitzkee Bows
    • New Catalog Ready [Nelson Enterprises]
    • Jerry Andrus New Book
    • Correction
    • Professional Acts?
    • Where Were The Girls?
    • Convention Reviews
    • The Index
  9. The Star Flower Contest Winners
    1. The Blooming Rope – Arthur J. Andrews
    2. Silk to Balloon to Flowers – Gene Grant
    3. Instant Flowers – Karrell Fox
  10. Magical Ideas – Judge Charles W. Fricke
    • Deck Switch
    • The Vanishing Wand – 1956
    • An Easy Card Location
    • A Novel Gimmick Disposal
    • Card Force
  11. Ringed Ropes – Johnny Geddes
  12. Forced to Kill – Johnny Geddes
  13. Double Daring – Frederick M. Shields & Bascom Jones, Jr.
    • The Pack’s Out – continued
  14. Virgil – A Review of His Show at the Alhambra Theatre, Bradford, England – Arnold Furst
  15. Paper and Ink – Dariel Fitzkee
    • Conjuring for the Church – J. B. Maxwell
    • Jim Merlini Presents Pasteboard Parade
    • Sealed Vision – Will Dexter
    • Nelson Enterprises Catalogue No. 25
    • The Magic Wand, March
    • Phoenix No. 338
    • Gen, May and June issues
    • M-U-M, April and May issues
    • goodbye message
  16. Memories of Seattle – A Report of the P.C.A.M. Convention at Seattle, Washington, 1956 – William Larsen (Jr.)
  17. Towns’ Teen Topics – Glen E. Towns, editor
    • John Carol Monier
    • correspondence
    • effect – vanishing coin in bottle in ball of yarn
  18. Library of Congress Gets Books
  19. The Goodliffe Lecture in Oakland – Jim Conley
  20. The Trickeries of Bill Larsen – F. Michael Shields
    • Patter Plot Scripts – continued
      • The Handkerchief Box
  21. News of the I.B.M. – J. Ray Beffel
    • Ralph Pierce
    • News
  22. The Ministry of Magic – Joseph M. White
    • Magi-Minister of the Month – Warren Fitkin
    • rope effect
  23. Without the Shuffle – Gene Gordon
  24. Eastern Hi-Lites – Sam Aaronson
    • Assembly No. 4 (Philadelphia)
    • Assembly No. 16 (Worcester)
    • Assembly No. 25 (Teaneck, N.J.)
    • Ring No. 26 (New York City)
    • Ring No. 123 (Long Branch, N.J.)
    • Ring No. 113 (Patterson, N.J.)
    • FAME (new York)
    • MAES Convention
    • IBM Convention