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+ | '''Louis (or Luis) Zingone''' (fl. 1930s-40s) was a professional cardman who worked [[vaudeville]] and private parties during 1930s-40s. | ||
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+ | == Biography == | ||
+ | He began learning trick with his uncle when he was a attending P.S. 1 in Long Island City as a boy.<ref>It's the Gimmick That Counts, The Daily Star, Long Island City, March 29, 1932</ref> | ||
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+ | He mastered [[Erdnase]] while working at a car wash. Zingone performed in New York in 1934 doing the Cut and Restored Rope, Card in Cigarette, Egg and Silk, and Torn and Restored Newspaper. | ||
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+ | ==Marketed Tricks== | ||
+ | *Luis Zingone's Dual Prophecy (1932) | ||
== Inventions == | == Inventions == | ||
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*[[Scarne on Card Tricks]] by John Scarne | *[[Scarne on Card Tricks]] by John Scarne | ||
*[[Greater Magic]] | *[[Greater Magic]] | ||
*[[The Amateur Magician's Handbook]]. | *[[The Amateur Magician's Handbook]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:28, 25 October 2014
Louis Zingone | |
Cover of Sphinx (May 1931) | |
Born | Louis Gabriel Zingone ? United States |
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Flourished | 1930s-40s |
Louis (or Luis) Zingone (fl. 1930s-40s) was a professional cardman who worked vaudeville and private parties during 1930s-40s.
Biography
He began learning trick with his uncle when he was a attending P.S. 1 in Long Island City as a boy.[1]
He mastered Erdnase while working at a car wash. Zingone performed in New York in 1934 doing the Cut and Restored Rope, Card in Cigarette, Egg and Silk, and Torn and Restored Newspaper.
Marketed Tricks
- Luis Zingone's Dual Prophecy (1932)
Inventions
- Zingone Spread (by 1940).
Publications
- Zingone's Recorded Card Tricks - three 78 rpm records and booklets. (See ad in Linking Ring, Vol. 19, no. 9, november 1939. Tricks that Speak for Themselves)
Contributions
- Expert Card Technique
- Scarne on Card Tricks by John Scarne
- Greater Magic
- The Amateur Magician's Handbook.
References
- ↑ It's the Gimmick That Counts, The Daily Star, Long Island City, March 29, 1932