Routined Manipulation — Part One

1950
Written by Lewis Ganson
Work of Various
118 pages (Hardcover), published by Harry Stanley
Illustrated with photographs and drawings by Frank Webster, Ted Elliott
Language: English
44 entries
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Lewis Ganson Preface Germany, 1950
 		4
Lewis Ganson Presentation of Manipulation
  • The Performer
    • (a) Personality
    • (b) Dress and Appearance
    • (c) Care and use of the hands
    • (d) Speech
    • (e) Behaviour
    • (f) Make-up
  • His Outside Aids
    • (a) Stage Setting
    • (b) Lighting
    • (c) Music
    • (d) Apparatus
  • Technical Ability
 		5
Lewis Ganson The Production of Lighted Cigarettes longer routine
  • Two cigarette droppers
Also published here 16
The thumb-palm
18
To switch a cigarette in action of throwing it away
 		19
Acquitment with a lighted cigarette
20
Another production
21
A vanish and recovery
21
A triple production
23
Through the knees
24
Multiple production
24
The Pantomime Cigarette
25
Lewis Ganson "How Right You Are!" routine with mirage deck, with roughing fluid formula
  • The "Rough and Smooth" Pack
  • To Show the Cards All Different
  • To Shuffle the Cards (overhand)
  • The Force
  • To Take Two Cards as One
  • The Routine (see following items)
 		29
Lewis Ganson Phase 1 stop trick
Related to 32
Lewis Ganson Phase 2 six heaps made, spectator puts coin on one, on top is his selection
Related to 33
Lewis Ganson Phase 3 card stabbed in newspaper-wrapped deck
Also published here 34
Lewis Ganson Climax card appears on back of spectator
Also published here 34
Al Koran The Koran Torn and Restored Newspaper
36
Lewis Ganson Fan Finale routine with double giant fans
  • The Double Pack
    • (a) The type of cards to be used
    • (b) Preparing the packs
  • The First Fan
  • Closing the Giant Fan
    • Method 1
    • Method 2
  • The Second Fan
  • The Colour Changing Giant Fan
  • Splitting the Fans
  • To Close the Fans
  • The Single Handed Giant Fans
  • The Circle of Cards
  • The Routine
 		41
Lewis Ganson "Crazy Fans" faro giant fan
  • Preparation
  • The "Weave"
  • To Alter the Angle of the Packs
  • To Make a Giant Fan
  • Possible Angles for the Packs
  • The Routine
 		50
Lewis Ganson The "Weave"
50
Lewis Ganson The Multiplying Lighted Candles multiplying candles apparatus, between fingers
  • Routine No. 1 (Four candles)
  • Routine No. 2 (Eight candles)
  • Routine No. 3 (Eight candles)
Also published here 54
Lewis Ganson "Fred Robinson Explains" intro
 		61
Fred Robinson "The Invisible Riffle Pass"
Also published here 61
Fred Robinson The Bottom Deal from full grip
VariationsAlso published here 62
Lewis Ganson "The Walnut Shells and Pea"
  • 1. The Shells
  • 2. The Pea
  • 3. The Working Surface
  • 4. The "Basic" Move
    • (a) How to hold the shell (right hand)
    • (b) How to move a shell
    • (c) How to steal and replace the pea
  • 5. The "Kick" Steal
    • (a) The "Steal"
    • (b) The Replacement
  • 6. The Finger on the Shell
  • The Routine
  • Additional Sleights for the "Walnut Shells and Pea"
    • To steal the pea
    • The tea cup
    • Pic-a-back
    • The "Spread" (all three shells held between fingers of one hand)
 		65
Lewis Ganson Gambler's Luck poker player's picnic type Kings location, open Bottom Deal demo followed by Aces deal
Inspired by
  • "Tops Four Aces" (Paul Clive's "Card Tricks Without Skill")
  • "The Honest Gambler" (Walter B. Gibson's "Professional Magic for Amateurs")
Variations 		71
Ken Brooke Ken Brooke's Cups and Balls
Also published here 74
Lewis Ganson "The Egg on Fan"
  • How to Prepare the Egg Skin
    • Blowing the Egg
    • Removing the Shell
    • Treatment of the Skin
    • Preparation for Use
 		80
Lewis Ganson "Card Production Supreme"
  • Method for Holding the Cards
  • To Change the Cards from One Hand to Another
  • To Interlock the Fingers
  • To Bring the Cards into the Back Palm Position
  • To End a "Back and Front Palm" Card Routine
 		83
Hans Kaiser "Matchic" heads of two matches jump around
 		87
"Readapack" by Australian Magician James, spectator cuts shuffled deck, performer looks at one card and can name top of other pile, featuring a buckle glimpse as one half is held in end grip and turned over
 		89
Lewis Ganson My Name - Your Name spectator spells his own name to locate selection
Inspired by 91
Slip Riffle Force
91
Lewis Ganson Magic with Coins
93
Sleight No. 1 multiple coin production from Downs palm, with variation in which coin is brought into back clip
Related to 93
Sleight No. 2 several coins tipped from glass into hand, they are invisibly thrown back
 		96
Lewis Ganson A "Coins in Glass" Routine routine for Copenetro
 		97
Al Koran Koran's Solo Aces
Variations 100
The "Buckle Count"
100
Lewis Ganson The Smoking Clay Pipes smoke production from clay pipes
 		104
Harold Beaumont Harold Beaumont's Dice Routine (this is not Harold G. Beaumont), paddle move routine
 		107
Harold G. Beaumont Thought Prescient card named, performer removes cased deck from pocket, named card is left in pocket and missing from cased deck
 		108
Lewis Ganson "The Chinese Linking Rings" eight rings
  • The Drop Count
  • Joining the Rings
  • I Can - You Can't
  • The Long Chain
  • All in One
  • Dropping the Rings
Also published here 110
Data entered by Denis Behr, April 2021.