Faircracker SPRING 2021
BELMONT MAGIC PAYS TRIBUTE TO THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF MAGIC’S MOST FAMOUS
ILLUSION WITH A NEW, EVEN MORE BAFFLING VERSION OF SAWING THROUGH A LADY!
London, January 1921, P. T.
Selbit performing his original Sawing Through a Lady illusion.
It wasn’t just “The Roar- ing 20’s.” It was the “The Sawing 20’s!” It all started with the construction of a totally different kind of magic illusion, construct- ed in a small apartment at 54C High Street, Bloomsbury, a district in the west end of London. The first performance
didn’t take place publicly in a blaze of publicity, but very quietly on a kitchen
table with a girl named Jan Glenrose being the first to be sawn. In that quiet setting, a very ingenious magician inserted a coin that produced the proverbial jackpot when in 1921, first at Moss Theatres throughout England, and ultimately at London’s famed St. George’s Hall Theatre of Magic, Percy Thomas Selbit, Britain’s most innovative magician, intro- duced Sawing Through a Lady. The baffling, new illusion so gripped the public’s imagination that it
spread across the globe like lightning. The mystery became so synony- mous with magic that every great magician was expected to present it. The yell, “If you’re so good, let’s see you Saw Through a Woman!” was
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heard in theaters all over the world. Virtually every professional magician performing today has heard thou-
sands and thousands of times, “If you’re a magician, Saw My Wife in Half!” In the beginning, magicians used huge boxes to accomplish the illu-
sion. Even when the illusion is performed today, the young lady is en- cased in some sort of covering. But in the New 2021 Edition of The Belmont Magic Show, Al &
Suzanne Belmont are presenting for the first time on any Fair stage, a new and even more mystifying version of “Sawing Through or Dividing a Lady” with no big boxes or concealment of any sort, and using a genuine audience volunteer. One of just four such illusions in the world; you can be sure that your guests, even the most serious fans of Magic, will be surprised and confounded by this never before seen illusion. Not only will guests enjoy the presentation, they will spend many days asking, “How did they do that?”. Magician-Illusionists always strive to develop new mysteries, as well
as different, and hopefully better versions of the classics. So even after 100 years, the Magic World’s Most Baffling Illusion remains a Sensation. Audiences love magic shows filled with surprises presented by masterful and enthusiastic artists. Thanks to the addition of their exciting new Sawing Through a Lady
illusion and many more magical surprises, The Belmonts continue to present an enthusiastic, polished, professional performance. Their shows last Summer earned a Five-Star Trip Advisor Rating. Many of America’s most prestigious and heavily attended fairs including Florida Strawberry Festival, Greater Gulf State Fair, New Jersey Lottery Festival of Ballooning and State Fair Meadowlands have booked The Belmont Magic Show time and again!
Al Belmont
“See you at Naples”
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