![]() ![]() The story goes that he kept his lion, Monty in the back room of the shop and when it would roar, the startled customers would run for the door. ![]() Among the highlights of Carter's stage performances during his career were the classic "sawing a woman in half" illusion (an elaborate surgical-themed version with "nurses" in attendance), making a live elephant disappear and "cheating the gallows", where a shrouded Carter would vanish, just as he dropped at the end of a hangman's noose.Ĭarter's first theatrical experience occurred at the Herzog's museum and Pat Harris' Masonic Temple in Baltimore at the age of 10, where he appeared as "Master Charles Carter the Original Boy Magician".Ĭarter purchased the famous Martinka Magic Palace in 1917, a time when he was unable to continue his world touring magic show. Sometimes the most entertaining novels, like the best magic tricks, are deceptively simple. Due to stiff competition from the number of magic acts on the American stages at the time, Carter opted to pursue his career abroad, where he achieved his greatest fame. CARTER BEATS THE DEVIL By Glen David Gold. As time passed, he grew an interest in magic. ![]() ![]() Original Movie Poster Prints- Vintage Art ReprintsĬharles Joseph Carter (JFebruary 13, 1936) was an American stage magician, also known as Carter the Great.Ī native of San Francisco, California, Carter began his career as a journalist and lawyer. ![]()
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