T. Page Wright: Page Wright's Manuscript
©1991 Daniel's Den Publications, South Pasadena, CA
Hardcover, w/dj, 7x9", 332 pages
1st Edition edition
Comments: Reprint of material originally compiled by Page Wright back in the 1930's but never published after his sudden death. Note there is also an eBook version available by Lybrary.com with additional content.
Contents (courtesy Bryan-Keith Taylor):
25 Chapter 1 Cigarette Magic
27 Cigarette Routine
46 A Surprising Cigarette Impromptu
47 The L.W. Card in Cigarette
50 Chapter 2 Thimble Magic
51 The Thimble of Aunt Martha
62 The Penetrative Thimble
64 Thimble Thimblerig
73 Chapter 3 Modern Card Sleights
74 The Pass:
74 An Invisible Standard Pass
75 The Invisible Palm Pass
76 The Kick-Out Pass
80 The Page Pass
83 The Fan and Pass
83 Card Control:
84 The Visible Cut-Pass
86 The Bottom Slip
87 The Fan Break
87 The Knock-In Pass
88 The L.W. Diagonal Side Steal Pass
89 False Shuffles and Cuts:
90 L.W. False Shuffle
92 L.W. False Cut
93 The Force:
96 The One-Hand Riffle Force
97 The J.B. Fan Force
98 The Spring Force
99 A Fan Force from the Top
99 The Improved Knife Force
100 The Riffle Force
102 Card Case Force
103 The Nerve Force
105 Other Methods of Forcing
105 The Change:
106 Top Change for a Number of Cards
109 The McMillen Change
112 A Throw-Out Change
112 A One-Hand Top Change
114 Color-Changes:
114 Color Change with Wrists Held
115 A Rising Change
116 The New Bottom Change
118 The Goblet Color Change
119 The Pivot Color Change
121 A Simple Double Color Change
121 The L.W. Double Color Change
122 A Close-Up Color Change
125 The Glimpse:
126 Top Card Glimpse
126 - No. 1
127 - No. 2
129 - No. 3
130 The Fan Glimpse
131 An Improved Tip-Over Transformation
132 A False Count
133 A Written Revelation
135 Chapter 4 Ornamental Sleights With Cards
136 Fancy Cuts:
137 A Three-Way Cut
137 One-Handed Three-Way Cut
139 Six-Way Cut
140 Eight-Way Cut
142 The Cards on the Arm
142 The Card from the Knee
144 The Card Fan:
144 One-Handed Fan
146 Pressure Fan
148 A Reverse Palm Sleight
148 Production of Cards at the Finger Tips
152 Production of Card Fans Routine:
152 Fan of Cards from Body
153 Cards Through Knee Without Palming
154 Cards Through Knee by Back Palm
154 Fan from Elbow
155 Fans of Cards from Air
156 Vanish and Production
158 The Diminishing and Enlarging Cards
162 Chapter 5 The Riffle Count
162 A Cut at any Number:
165 Instant Cut at Any Number
165 Cut at Any Number
166 Cut with a Coin
166 Cut at Any Number Throughout the Deck
168 A Card to Any Number
170 A Card Reversed at Any Number
172 Chapter 6 Non-Sleight Of Hand Card Mysteries
173 Back-of-the-Deck Detection
174 Adding the Pips
176 A Lesson in Card Magic
180 Chapter 7 Card Effects Requiring Prearrangement
180 Odd Prophecies
182 A Quick Detection
183 The Red and the Black
184 Triple Coincidence
186 The Business Man
188 Master Poker Deal
191 How Many Hands?
192 Color Seeks Color
194 From Deck to Deck
196 L.W. Super-Detection
199 Shuffle-In Detection
201 Chapter 8 The Reversed Card
203 Haley Reverse Card
204 A Quick Reverse
205 Take Your Turn
207 A Reverse Routine:
207 The Double Reverse
209 Longitudinal Turnover
210 Whole Deck Reverse
211 A Giant Card Reverse
217 Chapter 9 The Spelling Card
218 Simple Spelling Problem
220 Instant Speller
221 A Surprise Spelling Trick
223 Novelty Spelling Mystery
224 The Triple Surprise Speller
227 Miracle Spelling Deck
231 Chapter 10 Humorous Card Effects
231 A Card Climax
232 The Error Aces
235 A Mistake - But 235
237 Repeating Card Comedy
241 Chapter 11 Novel Card Discoveries
241 The Repeating Card to Top
244 Another Version
246 Two Pair
248 Three Card Monte Variation
250 Four of a Kind
252 L.W. Simplicity Four Aces
255 Chapter 12 Advanced Card Effects
255 The Third Chance
258 New Card Catching
259 J.M. Rising Card
262 Magnetic Card Rise
264 L.W. Card Through Silk
266 Deck Through the Silk
269 A Single Card Through Silk
271 The Criminal
276 Chapter 13 Mental Effects With Cards
278 Psychological Card Problems:
279 Psychological Forces
285 Following Spectator's Line of Thought
286 Physical Methods:
287 Cut Card Detection
289 An L.W. Mindreading Routine
292 Simplified Five Card Problem
293 L.W. Stop Mystery
296 A Free Choice Location
298 Chapter 14 Card Effects For Stage
298 The Five Senses
302 One-Armed Poker
305 A Couple of Bridge Hands
307 Felix the Felicitous Feline
311 A Love Poem
314 Chapter 15 The Problem Of Presentation
In 1930, the author met an untimely death at the early age of 25. Wright, best friend of Bill Larsen, Sr., was a prolific and creative magic writer who published an amazing amount of material, but he also left a monumental manuscript of sleights, tricks and routines that was ready for publishing at the time of his death. For 60 years, this typescript lay in the dark, until it was unearthed by John Daniel. It has finally been published for T. Page Wright, and it presents his innovative magic at its best. There is no better way to describe this terrific, hard bound book than to list a small sample of its contents; Cigarette Routines, Thimble Magic, Modern Card Sleights, Card Effects for Stage, Ornamental Sleights with Cards... and lots more. You will surely enjoy this book and is a must have for any Magicican! Included are 7 complete routines; over 50 sleights fully explained; over 70 individual tricks; over 100 illustrations. 350 pages; Hardbound.
Editorial Reviews
In 1930, the author met an untimely death at the early age of 25. Wright, best friend of Bill Larsen, Sr., was a prolific and creative magic writer who published an amazing amount of material, but he also left a monumental manuscript of sleights, tricks and routines that was ready for publishing at the time of his death. For 60 years, this typescript lay in the dark, until it was unearthed by John Daniel. It has finally been published for T. Page Wright, and it presents his innovative magic at its best. There is no better way to describe this terrific, hard bound book than to list a small sample of its contents; Cigarette Routines, Thimble Magic, Modern Card Sleights, Card Effects for Stage, Ornamental Sleights with Cards... and lots more. You will surely enjoy this book and is a must have for any Magicican! Included are 7 complete routines; over 50 sleights fully explained; over 70 individual tricks; over 100 illustrations. 350 pages; Hardbound.
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T. Page Wright
Born May 8, 1905 Fort Wayne, Indiana
Died December 21, 1930 (age 25) Los Angeles, California
Resting place Greenwood Memorial Park in San Diego, CA
Thomas Page Wright (1905-1930) was an amateur magician and close friend of William W. Larsen, Sr..
Biography
He had been interested in magic since a kid living in San Diego, California. He later moved to Los Angeles where he was a member of the Los Angeles Society of Magicians. It was there he met William Larsen Sr. and the two began performing together as Larsen and Wright.
Wright contributed many articles to The Sphinx and Genii in collaboration with William W. Larsen, Sr.. They also co-invented many cards tricks which appeared under the name "L.W." (as in one example The L.W. Mental and Spirit Mysteries).
He invented the Change generally attributed to Bert Allerton. See Page Wright's Manuscript, page 112 A One-Hand Top Change. For Allerton, see More Card Manipulations No. 4, page 45.
In addition to inventing many tricks and magic techniques still used today, Wright was a prolific writer of poetry, short stories, and movies for Universal. In 1930, at the age of 25, he was tragically killed in a car accident in Los Angeles at the intersection of S. Norton Ave. and Country Club Dr.
His nephew, magician Bascom Jones (1924-1994), inherited his extensive library of magic and illusion.
T. Page Wright is buried at Greenwood Memorial Park in San Diego, CA.
Books
Page Wright's Notebook (1933)
Page Wright's Manuscript (1991)
References
In Memoriam, Linking Ring January, 1931.
Obit - Sphinx January, 1931.
Article Genii 1937 May
