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Wilt Geilen
	Wilt Geilen
Born	Wilhelm Heinrich Joseph Geilen; March 14, 1880; Cologne, Germany
Died	June 9, 1974 (age 94) ; Süderneuland near Norden, Ostfriesland, Germany

Revision as of 07:01, 22 April 2013

Wilt Geilen was a professional magician performing vaudeville and full evening shows in Holland starting in 1900.

He specialized in sleight-of-hand and spiritualistic effects.^[1]

Geilin toured Europe and England until 1960s as "Professor Melachini", "Melo Smith", and "Dr Caligari". ^[2]

"Prof. Melachini-Caligari alias Wilhelm Heinrich Joseph Geilen: geboren am 14. März 1880, gestorben am 9. Juni 1974" by Alfred Czernewitz (1992)

Obit, Magische Welt Vol. 23, No. 4, Juli/August 1974, Magische Welt aktuell, page 151
Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Geilen, Wilhelm Heinrich Josef = Prof. Melachini; Melo Smith Les Melachini’s; Dr. Cagliari, holl. Zauberkünstler, page 112
http://www.mzleipzig.de/hokus-art/html/personen/geilen-wilhelm.htm
http://www.magicpromotionclub.ch/Kurzbios%201880-1889.htm, Melachini / Dr. Caligari
http://www.mzvd.de/ehre_tod.html, Wilhelm Heinrich Joseph Geilen

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 Geilin  toured Europe and England until 1960s as "Professor Melachini", "Melo Smith", and "Dr Caligari". <ref>[[Who's Who in Magic]] by Bart Whaley</ref>
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+* "Prof. Melachini-Caligari alias Wilhelm Heinrich Joseph Geilen: geboren am 14. März 1880, gestorben am 9. Juni 1974" by Alfred Czernewitz (1992)
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