Effect
The Phantom Flight
Harlan Tarbell · The Tarbell Course, 1926
- Time
- 5 min read + 10 min practice
- Materials
- In the library
- Prerequisites
- None
Take care. Working with these objects and effects is inherently dangerous; anyone who attempts them does so at their own risk. Anybody under 18 is advised to undertake them only with a parent's permission and supervision.
This is a visible vanish, in which a girl vanishes before the very eyes of the audience.
Girl stands on a platform. In front of her a three-sided parlor screen is placed. The middle section of the screen is made up of slats so that girl can be seen behind it. As she stands there, magician fires a pistol -- and in the twinkling of an eye, the girl vanishes. Screen is then removed and folded up flat.
How it is done
The method, 6 drawings and all it needs, inside the library.
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