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Melot Herman

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Melot Herman
BornJanuary 1, 1879
Died?
NationalityFrench

Melot Herman (1879-?) was a professional sleight-of-hand stage magician for 28 years.

Biography

Herman toured Britain (1901, 1908) and Paris (1902) and retired in 1913 to Geneva, Switzerland. His last professional appearance was at the Middlesex Music Hall, London.[1]

In the 1950 issue of Gen (Vol. 06 No. 10) attributing a Card Force referred to him as "the late Melot Herman."


Program

An example of his program included:[2]

  1. Entering marching to the time of music played by orchestra. After a few words of introduction in broken English, he turns back his coat sleeves and cuffs. A sheet of newspaper is spread on a chair on top of which an inverted soup plate is put. A blue silk handkerchief is next vanished, then a red handkerchief is produced from the flame of a candle. This is also vanished. The two handkerchiefs are reproduced from under the plate.
  2. An assistant is called from the wings and asked to beat up an egg on a plate, meanwhile the performer borrows a hat from the audience, from which he produces a large number of small bouquets of real flowers and a few cigars, which are thrown away to the audience (sometimes four or five garlands are also produced). The batter of egg is poured into the hat. Two whole eggs are then immediately taken from hat, which is shown empty, the batter having completely vanished.
  3. The hat is placed on a chair, inside facing audience, whilst the torn card and birdbox trick is performed with a selected card. The hat is again shown empty, and a large bouquet of spring flowers produced from it, followed by the production of three doves. Hat is then returned to owner.
  4. Next a sheet of tissue paper is fanned, and transformed into confetti and a bouquet of flowers. Another sheet of paper is set on fire and hundreds of small flags produced from the ashes, followed by long strips of ribbon shooting out in the air. The ribbons are gathered together, then much larger flags appear in the performer's hands, these are thrown to the stage as two enormous flags on staffs are produced, forming a grand finale to the performance.


References

  1. Magical World New Series, June 1913
  2. PROGRAMMES OF MAGICIANS by J.F. Burroughs Detailing programs from 1864 to 1893