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Vanishing Elephant
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Revision as of 15:28, 17 September 2008 by Jpecore (Talk | contribs) (New page: Vanishing Elephant is a stage effect where a live elephant instantly disappears. It was created by Charles Morritt (as the Disappearing Donkey) and first performed with an elephan...)
Vanishing Elephant is a stage effect where a live elephant instantly disappears.
It was created by Charles Morritt (as the Disappearing Donkey) and first performed with an elephant (2 ton "Jennie", advertised as 5 tons) by Houdini in 1918 at the Hippodrome in New York city.
Also performed by:
- Carter (1927)
- Nicola (1931)
- Carmo (1933?)
- John Calvert (1952)
- Doug Henning (1976 TV special)
- Blackstone Jr.(1980)
- Siegfried & Roy (1981).
