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+ | | death_day = May 11, | ||
+ | | death_year = 1928 | ||
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+ | '''Max Auzinger''' (July 26, 1839 - May 11, 1928) was a German actor and magician, who performed as the Oriental character "'''Ben Ali Bey'''". He also billed himself briefly as "'''Maxitan A-Uzin-Ger'''". | ||
− | + | == Biography == | |
+ | Auzinger is credited with the discovery of [[Black art]]. Around 1875, he discovered the principle by accident while watching a black-faced actor playing a scene set in a dark dungeon. Only the man's white teeth and eyes were visible when watching from the stage. | ||
He used it in his shows: | He used it in his shows: | ||
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*"The Soap-Bubbles" where colored soap-bubbles of different sizes floated and formed themselves into a pyramid. | *"The Soap-Bubbles" where colored soap-bubbles of different sizes floated and formed themselves into a pyramid. | ||
− | He acted in numerous black and white silent films from 1913 | + | He acted in numerous black and white silent films from 1913 until 1920. |
− | + | {{References}} | |
+ | * Die Zauberwelt, Vol. 8, No. 7, Juli 1902, Ben-Ali-Bey, by Ed. W. Lufa, page 97 | ||
+ | * Conjurers' Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4, December 1907, The Inventor of Black Art Ben-Ali-Bey (Max Auzinger), by Ottokar Fischer, page 101 | ||
+ | * M-U-M, Vol. 14, No. 5, November 1925, Ben Ali Bay (Max Auzinger), page 226 | ||
+ | * M-U-M, Vol. 14, No. 6, December 1925, Ben Ali Bay (Max Auzinger), cont., page 230 | ||
+ | * The Linking Ring, Vol. 8, No. 4, June 1928, The Creator of Black Art Magic Max Auzinger, Named Ben Ali-Bey Passes On, by Ottokar Fischer, page 313 | ||
+ | * The Sphinx, Vol. 27, No. 4, June 1928, The Creator of Black Art Magic Max Auzinger, Named Ben Ali-Bey Passes On, by Ottokar Fischer, page 193 | ||
+ | * The Annals of Conjuring, by Sydney W. Clarke (1929, reprint 2001), 12. Conjurors Yesterday and Today Germany – Max Auzinger, page 365 | ||
+ | * Cover, The linking Ring, Vol. 10, No. 3, May 1930, MAX AUZINGER, by Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans, page 336 | ||
+ | * The Linking Ring, Vol. 23, No. 5, July 1943, The Black Art Illusion, or Buatier deKolta Versus Ben-Ali-Bey, by Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans, page 20 | ||
+ | * The Linking Ring, Vol. 23, No. 6, August 1943, The Black Art Illusion, or Buatier deKolta Versus Ben-Ali-Bey, by Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans (cont.), page 20 | ||
+ | * The Linking Ring, Vol. 56, No. 1, January 1976, The Great Black Art Caper, by Peter Warlock, page 33 | ||
+ | * The Linking Ring, Vol. 56, No. 2, February 1976, The Great Black Art Caper, by Peter Warlock (cont.), page 39 | ||
* [[The Glorious Deception]] : The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the "Marvelous Chinese Conjurer" by [[Jim Steinmeyer]] ISBN 978-0786715121 | * [[The Glorious Deception]] : The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the "Marvelous Chinese Conjurer" by [[Jim Steinmeyer]] ISBN 978-0786715121 | ||
* [http://www.miraclefactory.net/mpt/view.php?id=175&type=articles The Wonders of Black Art] | * [http://www.miraclefactory.net/mpt/view.php?id=175&type=articles The Wonders of Black Art] | ||
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042703/ IMDB] | * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0042703/ IMDB] | ||
+ | * Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Auzinger, Max = Maxistan A. Uzinger; Ben Ali Bey, dt. Zauberkünstler; Regisseur (*26.07.1839 München; †14.05.1928 Berlin), page 27 | ||
− | [[Category:Biographies | + | [[Category:Biographies]] |
− | + | [[Category:German magicians]] | |
− | [[Category:German magicians | + | [[Category:Professional magicians]] |
− | [[Category:Professional magicians | + | {{DEFAULTSORT:Auzinger,Max}} |
+ | [[de:Ben Ali Bey]] |
Latest revision as of 18:28, 4 January 2016
Max Auzinger | |
Born | Max Auxinger July 26, 1839 München, Bavaria |
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Died | May 11, 1928 (age 88) Berlin-Lichterfelde, Germany |
Max Auzinger (July 26, 1839 - May 11, 1928) was a German actor and magician, who performed as the Oriental character "Ben Ali Bey". He also billed himself briefly as "Maxitan A-Uzin-Ger".
Biography
Auzinger is credited with the discovery of Black art. Around 1875, he discovered the principle by accident while watching a black-faced actor playing a scene set in a dark dungeon. Only the man's white teeth and eyes were visible when watching from the stage.
He used it in his shows:
- "Indian and Egyptian Miracles"
- "The Magnetized Drawing" where a skeleton drawn on a blackboard began to dance to music.
- "The Creation of Woman by the Gods of the Orient," in which a caterpillar drawn on a sheet of paper comes to life.
- "The Soap-Bubbles" where colored soap-bubbles of different sizes floated and formed themselves into a pyramid.
He acted in numerous black and white silent films from 1913 until 1920.
References
- Die Zauberwelt, Vol. 8, No. 7, Juli 1902, Ben-Ali-Bey, by Ed. W. Lufa, page 97
- Conjurers' Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 4, December 1907, The Inventor of Black Art Ben-Ali-Bey (Max Auzinger), by Ottokar Fischer, page 101
- M-U-M, Vol. 14, No. 5, November 1925, Ben Ali Bay (Max Auzinger), page 226
- M-U-M, Vol. 14, No. 6, December 1925, Ben Ali Bay (Max Auzinger), cont., page 230
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 8, No. 4, June 1928, The Creator of Black Art Magic Max Auzinger, Named Ben Ali-Bey Passes On, by Ottokar Fischer, page 313
- The Sphinx, Vol. 27, No. 4, June 1928, The Creator of Black Art Magic Max Auzinger, Named Ben Ali-Bey Passes On, by Ottokar Fischer, page 193
- The Annals of Conjuring, by Sydney W. Clarke (1929, reprint 2001), 12. Conjurors Yesterday and Today Germany – Max Auzinger, page 365
- Cover, The linking Ring, Vol. 10, No. 3, May 1930, MAX AUZINGER, by Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans, page 336
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 23, No. 5, July 1943, The Black Art Illusion, or Buatier deKolta Versus Ben-Ali-Bey, by Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans, page 20
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 23, No. 6, August 1943, The Black Art Illusion, or Buatier deKolta Versus Ben-Ali-Bey, by Dr. Henry Ridgely Evans (cont.), page 20
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 56, No. 1, January 1976, The Great Black Art Caper, by Peter Warlock, page 33
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 56, No. 2, February 1976, The Great Black Art Caper, by Peter Warlock (cont.), page 39
- The Glorious Deception : The Double Life of William Robinson, aka Chung Ling Soo, the "Marvelous Chinese Conjurer" by Jim Steinmeyer ISBN 978-0786715121
- The Wonders of Black Art
- IMDB
- Bio-bibliographisches Lexikon der Zauberkünstler Edition Volker Huber, April 2002, Auzinger, Max = Maxistan A. Uzinger; Ben Ali Bey, dt. Zauberkünstler; Regisseur (*26.07.1839 München; †14.05.1928 Berlin), page 27