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<div>[[Joseph Dunninger]] (April 28, 1892- March 9, 1975) was born in New York, New York, known as "The Amazing Dunninger" was one of the most famous mentalists of his time. He was a pioneer performer of magic on radio and television.<br />
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Dunninger began as a magician then later perfected the mind-reading act that made him famous. Among the people Dunninger preformed for were six Presidents, Thomas Edison and Pope Pius XII. Like his friend [[Houdini]], Dunninger was a debunker of occult phenomena who modestly assessed his own skills as "Any three-year-old could do it .... with 30 years practice."<br />
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Joseph Dunninger died of Parkinson's disease in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.<br />
== Awards and honors ==<br />
* Masters Fellowship from [[Academy of Magical Arts]] (1975)<br />
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== Quotes ==<br />
* ''"For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe, no explanation will suffice.''"<br />
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== Radio ==<br />
Dunninger performed his mentalism on the radio in 1929 and from 1943-1944.<br />
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== TV ==<br />
* The Dunninger Show on NBC.<br />
* The Amazing Dunninger on ABC (May 9 - October 10, 1956)<br />
His act consisted of reading the thoughts of audience members and visiting special guests.<br />
* Dunninger's final series of programs for ABC-TV, recorded in 1971, were never broadcast. By that time he was suffering from Parkinson's disease and could not summon up the strength of presentation he'd previously displayed.<br />
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== Books (by or about) ==<br />
* Dunninger's Tricks De Luxe (1918)<br />
* Dunninger's Tricks Unique (1918)<br />
* Dunninger's Master Methods of Hypnotism (1923)<br />
* Popular Magic (1926)<br />
* Universal Second Sight Mysteries (1927)<br />
* Houdini's Spirit Exposes and Dunninger's Psychical Investigations (1928)<br />
* Popular Magic Vol. II (1929)<br />
* Popular Magic and Card Tricks (1929)<br />
* Inside the Medium's Cabinet (1935)<br />
* How to Make a Ghost Walk (1936) (ghost written by Walter Gibson)<br />
* What's On Your Mind (1944)<br />
* [[100 Houdini Tricks You Can Do]] (1954)<br />
* The Art of Thought Reading (1956)<br />
* Magic and Mystery: The Incredible Psychic Investigations of Houdini and Dunninger (1967)<br />
* Dunninger's Complete Encyclopedia of Magic (1967)<br />
* Dunninger's Secrets as told to Walter Gibson (1974)<br />
* Dunninger's Monument to Magic (1974)<br />
* Dunninger's Book of Magic (1979)<br />
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== External References ==<br />
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* http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,946521,00.html<br />
* http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,787248,00.html<br />
* http://www.lybrary.com/joseph-dunninger-m-231.html<br />
* http://www.magicwebchannel.com/hall_dunninger.htm<br />
* http://www.randi.org/encyclopedia/Dunninger,%20Joseph.html<br />
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<div>James H. Steinmeyer (born 1 November 1958) has been called by The New York Times the "celebrated invisible man—inventor, designer and creative brain behind many of the great stage magicians of the last quarter-century." <br />
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Jim Steinmeyer has worked with most of the leading magician around the world, produced magic for their television specials, and authored many books on illusions and the history of magic. He served as a consultant for notable magicians including [[Siegfried and Roy]], [[David Copperfield]] and [[Lance Burton]] and developed magic for Orson Welles, [[Harry Blackstone]], and [[The Pendragons]].<br />
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Jim Steinmeyer was the Magic Designer for [[Doug Henning]] on his four television specials, six touring shows and two Broadway shows.<br />
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For one of [[David Copperfield]]'s television specials, Jim proposed the scenario and secret by which the Statue of Liberty "disappeared." <br />
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In 1991 he was awarded The Creative Fellowship by [[The Academy of Magical Arts]].<br />
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Jim produced the 1997 four hour A&E Television Special, "The Story of Magic," hosted by [[Ricky Jay]].<br />
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== Books ==<br />
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* [[Device and Illusion]] (1991)<br />
* The Magic of Alan Wakeling (1993)<br />
* Art & Artifice and other Essays on Illusion (1998)<br />
* The Complete Jarrett (2001)<br />
* Impuzzibilities (2002)<br />
* [[Hiding the Elephant]] (2003)<br />
* The Conjuring Anthology (2006)<br />
* The Glorious Deception (2006)<br />
* Further Impuzzibilities (2006)<br />
* Technique and Understanding (2009)<br />
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* Antonio Diavolo, A Souvenir of his Performance (with [[John Gaughan]]) (1986)<br />
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== External Links and references ==<br />
* http://www.jimsteinmeyer.com<br />
* Jim Steinmeyer: Deviser of Illusions By [[T. A. Waters]], [[MAGIC Magazine]], September 1996<br />
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