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'''Rhadolph Marcelliee''' was a successful black performer who pass himself off as an Indian magician. | '''Rhadolph Marcelliee''' (1895-1971) was a successful black performer who pass himself off as an Indian magician. | ||
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He became interested in magic after meeting [[Henry S. Percival]] in 1907 and interesting in performing as a career after seeing [[Alonzo Moore]] performing with Harvey's Minstrels in Boston. | He became interested in magic after meeting [[Henry S. Percival]] in 1907 and interesting in performing as a career after seeing [[Alonzo Moore]] performing with Harvey's Minstrels in Boston. | ||
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He married again in 1966 to Forestyne Armstrong.<ref>Broken Wand, Linking Ring, September, 1971</ref> | He married again in 1966 to Forestyne Armstrong.<ref>Broken Wand, Linking Ring, September, 1971</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:57, 17 January 2014
| Rhadolph Marcelliee | |
| Born | Marcellus R. Clark April 14, 1895 Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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| Died | June 21, 1971 (age 76) Philadelphia, Pennsylviania |
Rhadolph Marcelliee (1895-1971) was a successful black performer who pass himself off as an Indian magician.
Biography
He became interested in magic after meeting Henry S. Percival in 1907 and interesting in performing as a career after seeing Alonzo Moore performing with Harvey's Minstrels in Boston.
It was after catching Professor Maharajah (Wilmont Barclay) who masqueraded as a Hindu hypnotist and escape artist that Clark became decided pass himself off as an Indian magician.
Billing himself as "The Magician That Is Somewhat Different", he created a fictitious biography for press releases for his performances as a Hindu mentalist and escape artist.
He married Alma in New York in the 1920s, who assisted him and was billed as Princess Almasjid Marcelliee.
In the 1930s, he and his wife developed a faith-healing program, as Doctor and Madame Marcelliee, doing mind-reading and Bible lectures.
At some point, Alma retired from the entertainment business, and Marcellus Clark continued as a solo act.
Clark was the possibly the first black magician to perform at an International Brotherhood of Magicians convention in Philadelphia in 1952. He later joined the IBM in 1953 as member No. 14190.
Clark was still performing in the late 1960s and promoting himself in brochures which embellished his career.[1]
He married again in 1966 to Forestyne Armstrong.[2]
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