magic poster on linen JOHN CALVERT Magician & Actor Original 27x39 LINENBACKED

Description: An Original circa 1978 MAGIC Portrait poster (27 inches x 39 inches) of magician and film actor, JOHN COLVERT. On Linen Backing, and conserved in the "European Style", the poster was nicely backed in VERY GOOD+ to FINE condition with no visible pin Holes. NEVER folded, the poster has age-appropriate edge wear. Bright Gorgeous Color. Linen border is about one and a half to two inches outside the actual paper edge. Printed by Publicidad Grafica Foto Alfredo, Marques del Duero, 74, Barcelona, Spain. FAST and SAFE DELIVERY, assured. John Calvert Mini Bio : Madren Elbern "John" Calvert (August 5, 1911 – September 27, 2013) was an American magician and film actor. He performed on stage (including Broadway) for eight decades both in the United States and worldwide. Siegfried & Roy cited him as an inspiration, and Bess Houdini said that he was second only to Harry Houdini in "playing" the part of a magician. Calvert became fascinated with magic at age eight when his father took him to see the magician Howard Thurston perform in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly afterward, he performed his first trick for his Sunday school class - he made an egg appear from under another boy’s coat. He made his initial magic tour when he was eighteen, performing in town halls in Kentucky back-road towns. His small troupe consisted of one assistant and “Gyp the Wonder Dog”. During the Great Depression and into the 1940s, he continually increased the size of his magic show, adding illusions and personnel. He gained notoriety by performing daredevil stunts for publicity. Calvert continued performing magic during his Hollywood days, and in the mid-1940s, he transported his show's equipment and personnel worldwide in a Douglas DC-3 airliner, and in later years on yachts. Beginning in the 1940s, Calvert became an accomplished film actor with over forty film appearances, including starring roles in three Film Classic releases, in which he portrayed a debonair detective known as "The Falcon". John Calvert was the subject of a biographical documentary entitled "John Calvert – His Magic and Adventures", and he also played as himself in a Singaporean Malay movie in 1971, "Mat Magic". The Society of Young Magicians (S.Y.M.) Assembly #29 of the Boston area is named after John Calvert. In 2007, IBM Ring 257 named him Magician of the Year. His biographer, William V. Rauscher, has called Calvert a "real-life Indiana Jones" because of his reputation for surviving dangerous circumstances in his travels. Even at age 100, Calvert traveled extensively, lecturing and performing magic. Calvert was invited to perform his magic act both on Broadway in New York City and at the London Palladium Theatre on his 100th birthday. He died on September 27, 2013, aged 102, in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Part of a gallery of more than ONE THOUSAND LINENBACKED and more than 30,000 un-restored original rare paper items being offered for the first time to the eBay community. ALL PHOTOS of Rare Paper are ACTUAL ITEMS being sold. Please, ask questions before purchase, we will do our best to oblige you.

Price: 694.95 USD

Location: Wake Forest, North Carolina

End Time: 2024-02-25T12:39:18.000Z

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