Felix Blei

Felix Blei
Born	Felix Blei June 1, 1874 Tremessen, Germany
Died	March 31, 1942 (age 67) Los Angeles, California

Felix Blei (and later Bley) (1874-1942), who had his own magic show for a short time, was a top professional manager/agent for magicians in the early 1900s.

Biography

Blei (which rhymes with eye) began in 1900 managing Morton Clivette.

A member of the S. A. M., IBM, and founding president of the Cincinnati Ring, he edited the magic news page in The Billboard(1926-1929).

Blei retired numerous times and managed many famous magicians of the day.

Magicians managed:

• Morton Clivette (1900-?)
• The Great McEwen (1908-1909)
• Nicola (1909-?)
• Dante (in l911 when known as The Great Jansen and later under the Dante name.)
• Gustave Fasola (1912- 1929)
• Annie Abbott (1913)
• LeRoy-Talma-Bosco (1914)
• Herbert Flint (1915)
• Charles Carter (?)
• Grover George (1924-25)
• S. S. Henry (1931-34)
• Edwin Brush (1934)
• Will Rock (1938)