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Felix Blei
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| Felix Blei | |
| Born | Felix Blei June 1, 1874 Tremessen, Germany |
|---|---|
| Died | March 31, 1942 (age 67) Los Angeles, California |
Felix Blei (and later Bley) (1874-1942), who had his own magic show for a short time, was a top professional manager/agent for magicians in the early 1900s.
Biography
Blei (which rhymes with eye) began in 1900 managing Morton Clivette.
A member of the S. A. M., IBM, and founding president of the Cincinnati Ring, he edited the magic news page in The Billboard(1926-1929).[1]
Blei retired numerous times and managed many famous magicians of the day.[2]
Magicians managed:
- Morton Clivette (1900-?)
- The Great McEwen (1908-1909)
- Nicola (1909-?)
- Dante (in l911 when known as The Great Jansen and later under the Dante name.)
- Gustave Fasola (1912- 1929)
- Annie Abbott (1913)
- LeRoy-Talma-Bosco (1914)
- Herbert Flint (1915)
- Charles Carter (?)
- Grover George (1924-25)
- S. S. Henry (1931-34)
- Edwin Brush (1934)
- Will Rock (1938)
References
- ↑ Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, November, 1931
- ↑ THE MYSTERY OF FELIX BLEY/BLEI by Robert Lund, Perennial Mystics Vol. 2 (1984)