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− | [[Carl Owen]] and [[Floyd Thayer]] developed Girl without a Middle, as we know it today, for [[Howard Thurston]] in the 1920s.<ref>Owen Magic Supreme, One Hundred Years of Quality Magic, MUM, November, 20002</ref> | + | [[Carl Owen]] and [[Floyd Thayer]] developed Girl without a Middle, as we know it today, for [[Howard Thurston]] in the 1920s.<ref>Owen Magic Supreme, One Hundred Years of Quality Magic, MUM, November, 20002</ref> |
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+ | Owen's more portable version was based on [[P.T. Selbit]]'s "Man Without a Middle", in which a male assistant, dressed as a toy soldier was placed in an upright cabinet and had his middle disappear.<ref>Conjurors' Mechanical Secrets by S. H. Sharpe (1992)</ref>{{Youtube Thumb|T5P5YvxGzhU}} | ||
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Revision as of 13:26, 24 May 2011
The Girl Without A Middle (also known as "The Disembodied Princess" and "No Guts") is an illusion in which the torso of the assistant vanishes. The assistant is locked in a cabinet and with head and legs in full view. After blades are put into place, apparently severing legs and head, the center doors are opened showing the torso has vanished.
Carl Owen and Floyd Thayer developed Girl without a Middle, as we know it today, for Howard Thurston in the 1920s.[1]