An excerpt from a note from the author: "... I refrain from any statements claiming originality of these effects, since the basic ideas were taken from a much older source. Each effect has been performed under every condition by the writer with very satisfying results"...
Includes: A Prediction Supreme, A Location Supreme, An Unbelievable Coincidence, Autographic Minds, A Unique Card Discovery, Double-Trouble, Another Version of Double-Trouble, Hippety Hoppety and A Flash Back.
14 pages.
Lu Brent
(1903-?)
Born Boleslaw Lubrant, he became interested in magic through watching an older cousin perform, and began ordering magic catalogs just to look at. His father was convinced his interest in magic was the work of "the devil" and would burn his magic mail if he found it, but his mother hid it away and gave it to him secretly. After a stint in the Army, his interest in magic was born again and he visted magic shops, and met many famous magicians of his era. He was more of an originator than inventor, coming up with new ways to present other magicians' effects, and his books are filled with these ideas. Don't overlook his many cigarette tricks just because you don't smoke these days- the ideas can be adapted for many other possible effects.
Invented: The Growing Hat (pre-curser to the Bongo Hat), "Cig Ash" Trays - which won a 1954 Academy Award from Genii magazine, a Torn and Restored Newspaper variation, Classical Coin Act, Crazy Deck, Peek-O-Book Test, Diminishing Safety Pin, Blendo-Bills, U Find Your Card and many more.
Wrote: Novel Magic (1932), Lu Brent's TRICKS (1966), Lu Brent's Best Magic Tricks (Volumes 1-3- 1969 to 1980), Exclusive Card Mysteries, Fifteen Star Card Effects, Five Star Card Effects (1943), Torn & Restored Magazine Pages (1954).
- Biographical Information Courtesy of the Magic Nook.
