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[[Follow the Leader]] is a classic plot in card magic where some red cards and some black cards are placed face down in two piles. As the top cards are turned face up and switched, the pile of the face down cards are shown to have followed with them.
 
[[Follow the Leader]] is a classic plot in card magic where some red cards and some black cards are placed face down in two piles. As the top cards are turned face up and switched, the pile of the face down cards are shown to have followed with them.
  
In 1929 [[Faucett Ross]] came upon a letter from amateur German magician Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein to [[Ottokar Fischer]] describing this effect and showed it to [[Dai Vernon]]. See the story in [[Ibidem]] No. 6, July 1956.
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According to an article in [[Ibidem]] (No. 6, July 1956), [[Faucett Ross]] discovered the "Follow The Leader" effect in 1929. While staying at the home of[[ T. Nelson Downs]], Ross came across a letter written  from amateur German magician Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein to [[Ottokar Fischer]] in which the trick was described and credited to a Vienna amateur. Ross showed the trick to [[Dai Vernon]].
  
Dai published it in [[Five Close-Up Problems]] (1933) and is also included in [[Early Vernon]] book (1962).
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Dai Vernon published his handling in 1933 in [[Five Close-Up Problems]] (also included in the [[Early Vernon]] book in 1962) as "Follow the Leader", the name in which this effect has come to be best known.
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Peter Warlock in a lecture entitled ''The Creation of a Magical Effect'' given April 24, 1951 then in The [[New Pentagram]] (December 1981) states that [[Martin Chapender]], at the turn of the century was making  twelve court cards resting against a glass change place with twelve pip cards placed in a similar manner.
  
 
== Examples ==
 
== Examples ==
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* [[Edward Victor]]'s "Royal Exchange" in [[Magic of the Hands]] (1937)
 
* [[Al Baker]]'s ''The Migrating Cards'' in [[Greater Magic]] (1938). Reprint in [[The Secret Ways of Al Baker]] (2003)
 
* [[Al Baker]]'s ''The Migrating Cards'' in [[Greater Magic]] (1938). Reprint in [[The Secret Ways of Al Baker]] (2003)
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* Edward Brown's "Pictures and Pips" effect (1938)
 
*[[Audley Walsh]]'s ''Ten Card Color Change'' in [[Tarbell Course in Magic]] - Vol. 2 (1942).
 
*[[Audley Walsh]]'s ''Ten Card Color Change'' in [[Tarbell Course in Magic]] - Vol. 2 (1942).
* ''Technicolor Follow the Leader'' By [[Peter Warlock]] (1951).
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* ''Technicolor Follow the Leader'' By [[Peter Warlock]] (1951) [added the variation that the backs of the cards were also of different colors] Reprint in [[Pallbearers Review]], Vol. 10, no. 11, September 1975, page 1050.
 
*[[Ed Marlo]]'s ''Follow the Leader'' in [[The Cardician]] (1953)
 
*[[Ed Marlo]]'s ''Follow the Leader'' in [[The Cardician]] (1953)
 
*[[Karl Fulves]]' ''Fellow Followers'' and ''Mini Followers'' in [[Packet Switches]] (Part One) (1972)
 
*[[Karl Fulves]]' ''Fellow Followers'' and ''Mini Followers'' in [[Packet Switches]] (Part One) (1972)
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*[[Larry Jennings]]' ''Larry's Leader'' in [[Larry Jennings on Card and Coin Handling]] (1977)
 
*[[Larry Jennings]]' ''Larry's Leader'' in [[Larry Jennings on Card and Coin Handling]] (1977)
 
*[[John Fedko]]'s ''Exchango'' in Apocalypse Vol. 3, No. 12, dec. 1980.
 
*[[John Fedko]]'s ''Exchango'' in Apocalypse Vol. 3, No. 12, dec. 1980.
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* [[Peter Warlock]]'s "THE NON-SLEIGHT 'FOLLOW THE LEADER'"  in  New Pentagram, Vol. 13, no. 10, December 1981 (republished in [[One Hundred by Warlock]] By Elizabeth Warlock)
 
*[[Milt Kort]]'s ''Following Elias'' in [[Epoptica]] Yearbook 1984, page 308.
 
*[[Milt Kort]]'s ''Following Elias'' in [[Epoptica]] Yearbook 1984, page 308.
* [[Gerald Deutsch]] & [[Peter Marshall]]'s ''Follow the Leader Updated'' in [[Apocalypse]], Vol. 9, No. 2, fev. 1986.
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* [[Gerald Deutsch]] & [[Peter Marshall]]'s ''Follow the Leader Updated'' in [[Apocalypse]], Vol. 9, No. 2, feb. 1986.
 
* [[Jose Carroll]]'s ''Red and Black'' in [[52 Lovers I]] (1988)
 
* [[Jose Carroll]]'s ''Red and Black'' in [[52 Lovers I]] (1988)
 
*[[Alex Elmsley]] & Brother John Hamman's ''The Atomic Aces'' in [[The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley]] - Vol. 1 written by [[Stephen Minch]] (1991)
 
*[[Alex Elmsley]] & Brother John Hamman's ''The Atomic Aces'' in [[The Collected Works of Alex Elmsley]] - Vol. 1 written by [[Stephen Minch]] (1991)
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== References ==
 
== References ==
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* Nick Trost's Subtle Card Creations, Vol. 3 (2011)
 
*http://archive.denisbehr.de/archive/route/entries.php?url=10,46,19,295
 
*http://archive.denisbehr.de/archive/route/entries.php?url=10,46,19,295
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]
 
[[Category:Card Plots]]

Latest revision as of 19:38, 20 June 2011

Follow the Leader is a classic plot in card magic where some red cards and some black cards are placed face down in two piles. As the top cards are turned face up and switched, the pile of the face down cards are shown to have followed with them.

According to an article in Ibidem (No. 6, July 1956), Faucett Ross discovered the "Follow The Leader" effect in 1929. While staying at the home of T. Nelson Downs, Ross came across a letter written from amateur German magician Dr. Reinhard Rohnstein to Ottokar Fischer in which the trick was described and credited to a Vienna amateur. Ross showed the trick to Dai Vernon.

Dai Vernon published his handling in 1933 in Five Close-Up Problems (also included in the Early Vernon book in 1962) as "Follow the Leader", the name in which this effect has come to be best known.

Peter Warlock in a lecture entitled The Creation of a Magical Effect given April 24, 1951 then in The New Pentagram (December 1981) states that Martin Chapender, at the turn of the century was making twelve court cards resting against a glass change place with twelve pip cards placed in a similar manner.

Examples

References