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Revision as of 20:59, 29 December 2014
Bert Allerton | |
Cover of Genii (1941) | |
Born | Albert Allen Gustafson January 01, 1889 Lynn Center, Illinois |
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Died | February 22, 1958 (age 69) Veterans Hospital, Elgin, Illinois |
Resting place | Memorial Park Cemetery, Skokie, Illinois |
Bert Allerton (January 1, 1889 - February 22, 1958), born Albert Allen Gustafson, worked as a successful close-up magician in top nightclubs and hotels across the United States.
Contents
Biography
After a career as an oil salesman and the death of his wife, Allerton took up magic. He eventually started performing close-up magic in nightclubs. He worked for many years at the Ambassador East Hotel Pump Room in Chicago as well as the House of Murphy in Hollywood and the Hotel Pierre in New York City.
He was one of the few magicians at the time to work exclusively in the close-up arena. One of his features was performing the Vanishing Bird Cage close up.
Final resting place is at Memorial Park Cemetery, 9900 Gross Point Road, Skokie, IL.[1][2][3][4]
Works
The Close-Up Magician
See Bert Allerton's The Close Up Magician.
Stars of Magic
Series 3 of the Stars of Magic was published in 1947, and was devoted to Allerton.
- "Pump Room Phantasy" (Series 3, No. 1)
- "Bamboozle" (Series 3, No. 2)
Items in Books
Title | Book Title | Author | Year | Pages |
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"Mind Reading with the Finger Tips" (as Bert Gustafson) | Greater Magic | John Northern Hilliard | 1938 | 900-2 |
"Contrary Do As I Do" | Expert Card Technique | Jean Hugard and Frederick Braue | 1940 | 395-7 |
"Aces Up" | More Card Manipulations, Number IV | Jean Hugard | 1941 | 34-5 |
"Magnetic Thought" | More Card Manipulations, Number IV | Jean Hugard | 1941 | 44-6 |
"A Close Fit" | Cut the Cards | Martin Gardner | 1942 | 5 |
"The Allerton Top Palm" | Card Control | Arthur Buckley | 1946 | 69 |
"Allerton's Indicator" | 50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do | W. F. "Rufus" Steele | 1946 | 37-8 |
"You Remember This One" | 50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do | W. F. "Rufus" Steele | 1946 | 44-5 |
"Missing Deuce" | 50 Tricks You Can Do, You Will Do, Easy to Do | W. F. "Rufus" Steele | 1946 | 53-5 |
"Allerton's Amazing Aces" | Show Stoppers with Cards | Jean Hugard and Fred Braue | 1948 | 3-4 |
"Transcendent Trick" | 52 Amazing Card Tricks | W. F. "Rufus" Steele | 1949 | 40-1 |
"Prepared Improvisation" | 52 Amazing Card Tricks | W. F. "Rufus" Steele | 1949 | 51-2 |
"Allerchrist Card Trick" (with Henry Christ) | Scarne on Card Tricks | John Scarne | 1950 | 114-5 |
"Memorizing the Deck" | The Last Word on Cards | W. F. "Rufus" Steele | 1952 | 40 |
"The Magic Card Square" (with Robert Parrish) | The Last Word on Cards | W. F. "Rufus" Steele | 1952 | 46-7 |
"On the Phone" (with Chick Schoke) | The Last Word on Cards | W. F. "Rufus" Steele | 1952 | 51 |
"Miracle Stab" (with Frank Garcia) | Million Dollar Card Secrets | Frank Garcia | 1972 | 73-4 |
"The Bert Allerton Aspirin Tin Routine" (with Eugene Burger) | The Performance of Close-Up Magic | Eugene Burger | 1987 | 23-33 |
"Improved Hunter Knot" | Martin Gardner Presents | Martin Gardner | 1993 | 36-8 |
"Ten Card Deal P.S." | Martin Gardner Presents | Martin Gardner | 1993 | 188-9 |
"A Biddle Effect" | Martin Gardner Presents | Martin Gardner | 1993 | 195 |
"Some Laughs From Bert and The Senator" | Martin Gardner Presents | Martin Gardner | 1993 | 270-1 |
"Allerton's Crazy Cards" | Martin Gardner Presents | Martin Gardner | 1993 | 302-4 |
"A Close Fit" | Martin Gardner Presents | Martin Gardner | 1993 | 382 |
Items in Magazines
Title | Magazine Title | Vol. | No. | Date | Pages |
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"Directoscopic Mind Reading" | The Linking Ring | 22 | 4 | June 1942 | 45-6 |
"Ten Card Deal P.S." | The Phoenix | 170 | Feb. 11 1949 | 681 | |
"Biddle Move" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 6 | 10 | Mar. 1949 | 525 |
"Directoscopic Mind Reading" | The Linking Ring | 29 | 2 | April 1949 | 51-3 |
"Allerton's Wrist Watch" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 7 | 1 | June 1949 | 555 |
"Crazy Cards" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 7 | 3 | Aug. 1949 | 575 |
"Crazy Cards Variation" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 7 | 11 | Apr. 1950 | 651 |
"Allerton's Biddled Card" | The Phoenix | 241 | Nov. 2, 1951 | 963 | |
"New Papel Blanco" | The Phoenix | 241 | Nov. 2, 1951 | 963-4 | |
"Deck Stab" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 16 | 11 | April 1959 | 124 |
"Spirit Cartography" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 18 | 9 | May 1961 | 139 |
"Magnetic Thought" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 18 | 9 | May 1961 | 139 |
"On My Mind" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 18 | 10 | June 1961 | 109 |
"Card-reading" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 18 | 10 | June 1961 | 109,16 |
"Think-a-Card" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 18 | 10 | June 1961 | 116 |
"The Esophagus Card" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 18 | 10 | June 1961 | 116 |
"Four Card Location" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 18 | 10 | June 1961 | 116 |
"The Rope Cut" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 19 | 3 | Nov. 1961 | 29 |
"Card Memory" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 19 | 3 | Nov. 1961 | 29 |
"Mindreading" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 19 | 3 | Nov. 1961 | 29 |
"The Pass" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 19 | 3 | Nov. 1961 | 29 |
"Sidelight" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 19 | 3 | Nov. 1961 | 29 |
Variation on the Hunter Knot | The Gen | 17 | 7 | Nov. 1961 | 184-5 |
Cornball Special | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 19 | 7 | Mar. 1962 | 80 |
"$50,000 Pre-Arrangement Routine" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 19 | 10 | June 1962 | 108 |
"Allerton Cut" | Hugard's Magic Monthly | 20 | 2 | Oct. 1962 | 12 |
Articles about Allerton
Title | Column | Author | Magazine | Vol. | No. | Date | Page(s) |
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"Bert Allen Gustafson" | Cover | T. J. Crawford | The Linking Ring | 18 | 12 | February 1939 | 750-751 |
"Bert Allerton" | Cover | William W. Larsen | Genii | 5 | 8 | April 1941 | 253 |
"Bert Allerton" | Will Davidson | The Linking Ring | 23 | 5 | July 1943 | 31 | |
"Bert Allerton" | Modern Magicians | Maurice Zolotow | The Conjurors' Magazine | 1 | 5 | June 1945 | 19-20 |
"Bert Allerton, Super-Salesman of Hanky-Panky" | Little Johnny Jones | The Sphinx | 44 | 4 | June 1945 | 108-110 | |
"Bert Allerton" | Cover | John Braun | The Linking Ring | 26 | 4 | June 1946 | 17-18 |
"Bert Allerton" | American Profiles | Robert Lund | Abracadabra | 8 | 195 | Oct. 22, 1949 | 202 |
"Bert Allerton as Frances Ireland Knew Him" | Frances Ireland | The Linking Ring | 38 | 2 | April 1958 | 93-95 | |
Obituary | Chicago Miscellany | Herman Homar | M-U-M | 47 | 11 | April 1958 | 487 |
Untitled article and photo | Entres Nous | Dorny | The New Tops | 5 | 5 | May 1965 | 22-23 |
"Bert Allerton" | Spotlight | Eugene Burger | Genii | 57 | 8 | June 1994 | 533 |
"Remembering Bert Allerton" | Russell Barnhart | Genii | 61 | 4 | August 1998 | 38-41 |
References
- ↑ Cover Genii, Vol. 5, No. 8, April 1941, page 253
- ↑ Obit Hugard's Magic Monthly, Vol. 15, no. 11, April 1958
- ↑ Spotlight: This Month Bert Allerton by Eugene Burger in Genii 1994 June
- ↑ Article Remembering Bert Allerton by Russ Barnhart Genii 1998 August