VINTAGE 1947 MAGICIAN JACK GWYNNE MAGIC PLAYBILL PROGRAM..Jack Gwynne had to adapt In the mid 1930s, vaudeville was dying. Magician Jack Gwynne knew that he'd need to take his show somewhere else–hotel dinner dances and nightclubs. He reshaped his show, making it longer and changing some effects to fit having an audience on three sides. He was always creating new shows to stay in demand. Playing off the many people claiming to be the world's greatest magician, in 1935 Gwynne successfully advertised himself as "The World's SECOND Greatest Magician."