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− | '''Stuart Cramer''', even though graduated with a law degree from Western Reserve University in 1936, was a professional magician nearly all of his life. | + | '''Stuart Cramer''' (1911-2003), even though graduated with a law degree from Western Reserve University in 1936, was a professional magician nearly all of his life. |
+ | == Biography == | ||
Cramer returned to Cleveland where he grew up after serving in the Navy in World War II and used it as a base throughout his long performing career. | Cramer returned to Cleveland where he grew up after serving in the Navy in World War II and used it as a base throughout his long performing career. | ||
− | He performed on a Cleveland television station in 1947, with a twice-weekly ten-minute live-audience kid show. He continued in TV into the 1960s. He once did a daily weather report, presenting trick every day, as "Mr. Meriweather" for three years. | + | He performed on a Cleveland television station in 1947, with a twice-weekly ten-minute live-audience kid show. He created "Professor Nemo," a Saturday morning magical-cowboy character who resided two years at WNBK-TY. He continued in TV into the 1960s. He once did a daily weather report, presenting trick every day, as "Mr. Meriweather" for three years.<ref>Magic, June 2003</ref> |
He met the reclusive Cleveland magician [[Karl Germain]] in 1932, and worked in weekly visits with him.<ref> Obit [[Magicol]] No. 148 (August 2003)</ref> | He met the reclusive Cleveland magician [[Karl Germain]] in 1932, and worked in weekly visits with him.<ref> Obit [[Magicol]] No. 148 (August 2003)</ref> | ||
== Books == | == Books == | ||
− | * The Secrets of Karl Germain (1962) | + | * [[The Secrets of Karl Germain]] (1962) |
− | * Germain the Wizard and his Legerdemain (1966) | + | * Germain the Wizard and his Legerdemain (1966) <ref>Magic, The Magazine for Magicians, Vol. 12, No. 2, October 2002, MICHAEL CLOSE |
+ | market place, Germain the Wizard, page 28</ref> | ||
− | + | {{References}} | |
− | + | * Cover, M-U-M, Vol. 41, No. 4, September 1951, STUART CRAMER, magician-of-the-month, by Leslie P. Guest, page 95 | |
+ | * Cover, The New Tops, Vol. 4, No. 4, April 1964, COVER PORTRAIT ... STUART CRAMER, by Milbourne Christopher, page 2 | ||
+ | * Cover, Magic, The Magazine for Magicians, Vol. 12, No. 10, June 2003, Stuart Cramer, Working Wizard of the 20th Century, by John Moehring, page 52 | ||
+ | * The Linking Ring, Vol. 83, No. 6, June 2003, Stuart Cramer, July 16, 1910-April 15, 2003, by Bill Weldon with Phil Willmarth, page 66; Broken Wand, Stuart P. Cramer, page 129 | ||
+ | * http://magicpostcards.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/professor-nemo/ | ||
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− | {{DEFAULTSORT:Cramer}} | + | |
[[Category:Professional magicians]] | [[Category:Professional magicians]] |
Revision as of 08:31, 17 August 2017
Stuart Cramer | |
Born | Stuart Price Cramer July 16 1911 Cleveland, Ohio |
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Died | April 15, 2003 (age 91) Ithaca, NY |
Stuart Cramer (1911-2003), even though graduated with a law degree from Western Reserve University in 1936, was a professional magician nearly all of his life.
Biography
Cramer returned to Cleveland where he grew up after serving in the Navy in World War II and used it as a base throughout his long performing career.
He performed on a Cleveland television station in 1947, with a twice-weekly ten-minute live-audience kid show. He created "Professor Nemo," a Saturday morning magical-cowboy character who resided two years at WNBK-TY. He continued in TV into the 1960s. He once did a daily weather report, presenting trick every day, as "Mr. Meriweather" for three years.[1]
He met the reclusive Cleveland magician Karl Germain in 1932, and worked in weekly visits with him.[2]
Books
- The Secrets of Karl Germain (1962)
- Germain the Wizard and his Legerdemain (1966) [3]
References
- ↑ Magic, June 2003
- ↑ Obit Magicol No. 148 (August 2003)
- ↑ Magic, The Magazine for Magicians, Vol. 12, No. 2, October 2002, MICHAEL CLOSE market place, Germain the Wizard, page 28
- Cover, M-U-M, Vol. 41, No. 4, September 1951, STUART CRAMER, magician-of-the-month, by Leslie P. Guest, page 95
- Cover, The New Tops, Vol. 4, No. 4, April 1964, COVER PORTRAIT ... STUART CRAMER, by Milbourne Christopher, page 2
- Cover, Magic, The Magazine for Magicians, Vol. 12, No. 10, June 2003, Stuart Cramer, Working Wizard of the 20th Century, by John Moehring, page 52
- The Linking Ring, Vol. 83, No. 6, June 2003, Stuart Cramer, July 16, 1910-April 15, 2003, by Bill Weldon with Phil Willmarth, page 66; Broken Wand, Stuart P. Cramer, page 129
- http://magicpostcards.wordpress.com/2010/10/22/professor-nemo/