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It’s that time again! The Allan Slaight Awards recognizing excellence in magic—and now in its eighth year— is open for nominations for work completed in 2021.
On September 19, 2021, John Allan Slaight passed away peacefully, aged 90, at his home in Toronto.
The Screening Room
Albert Goshman performs his legendary coin magic for Steve Allen in the late Fifties, around 1956-58. Goshman also performs sponge ball magic, and the acrobatic matchboxes.
In 1953, the National Film Board (NFB) of Canada created a weekly documentary series, specifically for television, called “On the Spot.” It was designed like a short newsreel, only fifteen minutes long, and it was filmed on site with a skeleton crew of three.
Ross Bertram presents his own produced film on the Egyptian Cups and Balls. Here, he presents a beautiful sequence of cups and ball moves, some of classic origin and others of his own creation.
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Ross Bertram demonstrates one of his pet coin tricks, Rub Down, which was featured in the Stars of Magic series in 1951.
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Ross Bertram performs advanced card manipulation in a card routine called Five Zero Five. This effect exemplifies Ross’ hallmark “touch” and his magical thinking. It was published in his second book, Bertram on Sleight of Hand.
Ross Bertram was a virtuoso magician from Toronto who was born in 1912 and died in 1992. In addition to his impressive and astonishing magic skill, he was also a lifelong student of photography and film production.