David Lustig

David J. Lustig (September 4, 1893- September 30, 1977) vaudeville magic act theater manager, show producer and advisor. Lustig launched his vaudeville career in 1910 at the age of 17, as a magician using the stage name of La Vellma. He was a technical adviser to Dunninger, devising devised many of the "tests" that Dunninger used on radio and TV shows.

Later in his life he worked as a publicity specialist for Columbia Pictures, setting up tours and interviews for their movie stars.

He also wrote a number of books under the name La Vellma.

Elected by the S.A.M. National Council to The Hall of Fame.

Books

• Vaudeville Mind Reading (1920)
• Vaudeville Ventriloquism (1920)
• Vaudeville Magic (1920)
• Magic and Mind Reading Tricks You Can Do (1920)
• La Vellma's Vaudeville Budget (1921)
• The Dunninger Mystic Series
• The Art of Thought Reading (1956)
• Dunninger Explains
• How to Become a Ventriloquist (Simplified), with The Great Dunninger
• Dunninger's Book of Magic Tricks.
• Dunninger's Master Methods of Hypnotism

References

David Lustig, Man of the Theatre by Barry H. Wiley in Linking Ring - August 1997