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Horace Marshall
Marshall, the Mystic
Horace Marshall (? - ?), Marshall the Mystic was repeatedly endorsed by leading critics and magicians as "King of deceptive digital dexterity."
As Vaudeville team with his wife, featured on the Keith-Proctor Vaudeville circuit, they performed under the name of "Mystic Marshall and Company".
Horace Marshall III
Horace Marshall III (June 12, 1902 - February 24,1976) was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He was repeatedly endorsed by leading critics and magicians as "King of deceptive digital dexterity."
He began his own career in magic working the Chautauqua Circuit in 1923 with partner John Frye, using many of his own creations. In 1926, Horace decided to devote full-time to the creation, manufacture and sales of magical apparatus and started H. Marshall and Company, making all items by hand.
Horace was a prop builder known for his Feather Flower bouquets built for [[Harry Blackstone]. Horace purchased the business of Rudolph S. Schlosser who built Blackstone's "Light Bulbs Thru a Girl" and Houdini's "Flight of Time".
In 1940, the Akron Magic Club was designated, "The Horace Marshall Ring No. 161", of the I.B.M.
References
- Marshall the Mystic, Cover of Mahatma Vol. 2. No. 12. (June, 1899).
- http://hmcmagic.com/history.htm#history
