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Robert Reinhart

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Robert Reinhart
BornDecember 13, 1906
New York City
DiedDecember 18, 1999 (age 93)
Middletown, New York

Robert Reinhart, a writer, producer, actor, magician, and long time member of Parent Assembly #1 of the Society of American Magicians.[1]

He joined the Parent Assembly in 1928 and later became the "Dean" of Assembly #35 Dean in Poughkeepsie, New York.

In the 1930s, Reinhart served as a producer and resident director at New York's Theatre Guild. He also created "Robert Reinhart's Matinees of Magic!" which ran during the Christmas season of 1933. [2]

He was a columnist for 50 years for Variety, an occasional magic reviewer for the New York Herald-Tribune, and a longtime staff writer for Literary Digest. Reinhart also joined the S.S. Adams company for a short time in the 1950s.

He served as mentor to young Rudy Coby.[3]


References

  1. Who's Who in Magic, Sphinx, September, 1932
  2. Cover, Sphinx, December 1933
  3. Magic, February 2000