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[[Vanishing Elephant]] is a stage effect where a live elephant instantly disappears. | [[Vanishing Elephant]] is a stage effect where a live elephant instantly disappears. | ||
It was created by [[Charles Morritt]] (as the Disappearing Donkey) and first performed with an elephant (2 ton "Jennie", advertised as 5 tons) by [[Houdini]] in 1918 at the [[Hippodrome]] in New York city. | It was created by [[Charles Morritt]] (as the Disappearing Donkey) and first performed with an elephant (2 ton "Jennie", advertised as 5 tons) by [[Houdini]] in [[1918]] at the [[Hippodrome]] in New York city. | ||
It has also been performed by: | It has also been performed by: | ||
Revision as of 01:56, 18 May 2011
Vanishing Elephant is a stage effect where a live elephant instantly disappears.
It was created by Charles Morritt (as the Disappearing Donkey) and first performed with an elephant (2 ton "Jennie", advertised as 5 tons) by Houdini in 1918 at the Hippodrome in New York city.
It has also been performed by:
- Carter (1927)
- Nicola (1931)
- Carmo (1933?)
- John Calvert (1952)
- Doug Henning (1976 TV special)
- Blackstone Jr.(1980)
- Siegfried & Roy (1981).
References
- Houdini's Vanishing Elephant as seen by Leslie P. Guest. Article in MUM, Vol. 54, No. 5, october 1964, page 203.
- Hiding the Elephant by Jim Steinmeyer (2003)