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| birth_name = Harry L. Monteith | | birth_name = Harry L. Monteith | ||
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| birth_year = 1935 | | birth_year = 1935 | ||
| birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri | | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
− | + | * Co-Founder of Rings-N-Things | |
+ | * Owner of Monti's Magic Shop, Union Station, St. Louis | ||
+ | * Co-Founder, Magic for Special Education | ||
=== Family === | === Family === | ||
− | * Trudy Monti | Mary Gertrude (Trudy) Thomas Monteith (wife, married November 20, 1971) | + | * [[Trudy Monti | Mary Gertrude (Trudy) Thomas Monteith]] (wife, married November 20, 1971) |
== Awards and Honors == | == Awards and Honors == | ||
* Member of the Inner [[Magic Circle]], London | * Member of the Inner [[Magic Circle]], London | ||
* 50 Year Continuous Performer, [[Magic Castle]] | * 50 Year Continuous Performer, [[Magic Castle]] | ||
− | * St. Louis Magic Heritage Award | + | * Magic Castle Nomination, Best Visiting Magician of the Year 1971-1972 |
+ | * Magic Castle Nomination, Best Close-Up Performer of the Year 1972-1973 | ||
+ | * S.A.M. National President 1999-2000 | ||
+ | * S.A.M. Life Member | ||
+ | * S.A.M. Assembly 8 Gold Medal | ||
+ | * S.A.M. Assembly 8 President 1970-1971 | ||
+ | * I.B.M. Order of Merlin | ||
+ | * I.B.M. Ring One Harold Theper Award | ||
+ | * First Place, Close-Up Magic, 1967 Midwest Magic Jubilee, St. Louis | ||
+ | * First Place, Close-Up Magic, 1968 Midwest Magic Jubilee, Kansas City | ||
+ | * St. Louis Magic Heritage Award, 1998 | ||
+ | * Honorary Member Los Angeles S.A.M. Assembly | ||
+ | * Honorary Member Merlin and the Court Jesters | ||
+ | * Honorary Kentucky Colonel | ||
== Quotes == | == Quotes == | ||
− | * | + | * Harry always included this quote on his magic business cards: ''Good Magic with an Occasional Miracle'' |
+ | * For 53 years, Harry ended every close-up performance at the Magic Castle with the following: ''People often ask: 'Harry, how do you do magic?' May I suggest you try a smile. You'd be amazed at the magic in a smile!'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Television and Movies == | ||
+ | * 1973, Regis Philbin Show, (television) performing the Houdini Milk Can Escape and the Straitjacket Escape | ||
+ | * 1993, King of the Hill, (movie) Magic Consultant | ||
+ | * Magic Palace, (television - 3 episodes) performing close-up and stand-up magic | ||
== Bibliography == | == Bibliography == | ||
* The History of S.A.M. Assembly No. 8 1921-1996 by Monti, Trudy; Monti, Harry, eds. (1996) | * The History of S.A.M. Assembly No. 8 1921-1996 by Monti, Trudy; Monti, Harry, eds. (1996) | ||
+ | == Tricks == | ||
+ | * Harry Monti’s Block-Off-Rope (M-U-M, Vol. 89, No. 2, July 1999, pp.24-25) | ||
+ | * Monti’s Hopping Half – A Coin Quickie (M-U-M, Vol. 89, No. 2, July 1999, pp.25-26) | ||
+ | * Monti’s Copper-Silver Transposition (M-U-M, Vol. 89, No. 2, July 1999, p.26) | ||
+ | * Monti’s Move with the Okito Coin Box (M-U-M, Vol. 89, No. 2, July 1999, p.27) | ||
{{References}} | {{References}} | ||
+ | * Riverfront Times, July 22, 2015, A Controversial Religion Claiming Supernatural Powers? St. Louis Magicians Cry Fraud | ||
+ | * West Newsmagazine, March 4, 2014, Mature Focus: Harry Monti, master of magic | ||
+ | * MAGIC Magazine, January 2014, HARRY MONTI, Conjuring, Cups, and Castle (Randy Kalin and Alan Howard), pp. 50-55 | ||
+ | * Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday..., by Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde, Sandra Blakeslee | ||
+ | * M-U-M, Vol. 89, No. 2, July 1999, Cover, Monti's Meanderings (Harry Monti, pp. 9-10); A Life in Magic (Peter Rexford, pp. 17-21); Bravo to Harry and Trudy Monti and to Tom Stone (Bob Steiner, p. 21); Seabrooke on Harry Monti (Terry Seabrooke, p. 27); Comment (David Goodsell, p. 26); Harry Monti: Pro-to-the Bone, Friend to All (Jon Racherbaumer, p. 28); | ||
+ | * Genii, November, 1977, The Vernon Touch | ||
+ | * St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 28, 1993, Experft to Give Youngsters Glimpse of the Fun and Mystery of Magic, p. 92 | ||
+ | * Legerdemain, A Magazine of Magic, CD Vol. 1 | ||
Revision as of 22:10, 27 July 2016
Harry Monti | |
Born | Harry L. Monteith August 17, 1935 St. Louis, Missouri |
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Nationality | American |
Known for | Close-Up Magic, Stage Magic, Escapes |
National President, Society of American Magicians 1999-2000 |
Harry Monti (b. 1935) is a past National President of the Society of American Magicians (1999-2000).
Contents
Biography
- Co-Founder of Rings-N-Things
- Owner of Monti's Magic Shop, Union Station, St. Louis
- Co-Founder, Magic for Special Education
Family
- Mary Gertrude (Trudy) Thomas Monteith (wife, married November 20, 1971)
Awards and Honors
- Member of the Inner Magic Circle, London
- 50 Year Continuous Performer, Magic Castle
- Magic Castle Nomination, Best Visiting Magician of the Year 1971-1972
- Magic Castle Nomination, Best Close-Up Performer of the Year 1972-1973
- S.A.M. National President 1999-2000
- S.A.M. Life Member
- S.A.M. Assembly 8 Gold Medal
- S.A.M. Assembly 8 President 1970-1971
- I.B.M. Order of Merlin
- I.B.M. Ring One Harold Theper Award
- First Place, Close-Up Magic, 1967 Midwest Magic Jubilee, St. Louis
- First Place, Close-Up Magic, 1968 Midwest Magic Jubilee, Kansas City
- St. Louis Magic Heritage Award, 1998
- Honorary Member Los Angeles S.A.M. Assembly
- Honorary Member Merlin and the Court Jesters
- Honorary Kentucky Colonel
Quotes
- Harry always included this quote on his magic business cards: Good Magic with an Occasional Miracle
- For 53 years, Harry ended every close-up performance at the Magic Castle with the following: People often ask: 'Harry, how do you do magic?' May I suggest you try a smile. You'd be amazed at the magic in a smile!
Television and Movies
- 1973, Regis Philbin Show, (television) performing the Houdini Milk Can Escape and the Straitjacket Escape
- 1993, King of the Hill, (movie) Magic Consultant
- Magic Palace, (television - 3 episodes) performing close-up and stand-up magic
Bibliography
- The History of S.A.M. Assembly No. 8 1921-1996 by Monti, Trudy; Monti, Harry, eds. (1996)
Tricks
- Harry Monti’s Block-Off-Rope (M-U-M, Vol. 89, No. 2, July 1999, pp.24-25)
- Monti’s Hopping Half – A Coin Quickie (M-U-M, Vol. 89, No. 2, July 1999, pp.25-26)
- Monti’s Copper-Silver Transposition (M-U-M, Vol. 89, No. 2, July 1999, p.26)
- Monti’s Move with the Okito Coin Box (M-U-M, Vol. 89, No. 2, July 1999, p.27)
References
- Riverfront Times, July 22, 2015, A Controversial Religion Claiming Supernatural Powers? St. Louis Magicians Cry Fraud
- West Newsmagazine, March 4, 2014, Mature Focus: Harry Monti, master of magic
- MAGIC Magazine, January 2014, HARRY MONTI, Conjuring, Cups, and Castle (Randy Kalin and Alan Howard), pp. 50-55
- Sleights of Mind: What the Neuroscience of Magic Reveals about Our Everyday..., by Stephen L. Macknik, Susana Martinez-Conde, Sandra Blakeslee
- M-U-M, Vol. 89, No. 2, July 1999, Cover, Monti's Meanderings (Harry Monti, pp. 9-10); A Life in Magic (Peter Rexford, pp. 17-21); Bravo to Harry and Trudy Monti and to Tom Stone (Bob Steiner, p. 21); Seabrooke on Harry Monti (Terry Seabrooke, p. 27); Comment (David Goodsell, p. 26); Harry Monti: Pro-to-the Bone, Friend to All (Jon Racherbaumer, p. 28);
- Genii, November, 1977, The Vernon Touch
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 28, 1993, Experft to Give Youngsters Glimpse of the Fun and Mystery of Magic, p. 92
- Legerdemain, A Magazine of Magic, CD Vol. 1
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