When magician Harry Blackstone learned that his longtime rival Howard Thurston had died, he retreated into his dressing room and cried. Blackstone had stolen one of Thurston’s best tricks for his own act, and longed to seize Thurston’s title as the world’s most famous magician, but he still mourned the passing of an honorable rival. Since his death in 1936, Thurston has fallen into obscurity, but magic historian and illusion designer Jim Steinmeyer puts him back in the spotlight in The Last Greatest Magician In The World: Howard Thurston Versus Houdini & The Battles Of The American Wizards ...
- 3/10/2011
- avclub.com
Warner Bros has optioned author Glen David Gold's 2001 historical novel "Carter beats The Devil", with Michael Gilio adapting a screenplay for producers Jon Shestack, Ginny Brewer and Jeremy Stein.
"Carter Beats The Devil" is a fictionalized biography of 'Charles Joseph Carter', from his first encounter with magic to his last performance.
Along the way he encounters historical figures including magicians 'Harry Houdini' and 'Howard Thurston', United States President 'Warren G. Harding', BMW founder 'Max Friz', the 'Marx Brothers', business magnate 'Francis Marion "Borax" Smith', the inventor of electronic television 'Philo Farnsworth' and San Franciscan madams 'Tessie Wall' and 'Jessie Hayman'.
"...The 1920s was a golden age for stage magic and 'Charles Carter' is an American stage magician at the height of his fame and powers. At the climax of his latest touring stage show, Carter invites United States President...
"Carter Beats The Devil" is a fictionalized biography of 'Charles Joseph Carter', from his first encounter with magic to his last performance.
Along the way he encounters historical figures including magicians 'Harry Houdini' and 'Howard Thurston', United States President 'Warren G. Harding', BMW founder 'Max Friz', the 'Marx Brothers', business magnate 'Francis Marion "Borax" Smith', the inventor of electronic television 'Philo Farnsworth' and San Franciscan madams 'Tessie Wall' and 'Jessie Hayman'.
"...The 1920s was a golden age for stage magic and 'Charles Carter' is an American stage magician at the height of his fame and powers. At the climax of his latest touring stage show, Carter invites United States President...
- 6/25/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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