Tag: Magic

Art and magic were inseparable for Francis. In high school he began performing on stage and painting movie posters for Famous Players. At age 21 he enlisted in the Canadian Army and was assigned to the Entertainment Corps. After WWII he joined the Vancouver Magic Circle (VMC) and established his commercial art studio, Martineau Displays.…
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April 11, 1911 – January 27, 1993  As a child, Leon Mandrake saw the great magicians of vaudeville and set out to become one himself.   He did odd jobs for magicians in return for lessons, and by the age of eleven he was on stage in his hometown of New Westminster. At fourteen, he worked the…
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Celeste Evans was born December 31, 1931 in White Rock, BC, Canada. She was captivated by the art of magic at an early age. At the age of nine performed her first sleight-of-hand effect, throwing knots into silkIn 1952, Celeste left Canada to entertain Commonwealth troops in Korea and Japan under the auspices of the…
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