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Found inside – Page 228I read their titles : “ Making Orange Tree Grow — after Robert - Houdin . ” And scrawled underneath , triumphant : “ I finally figured out how he did it ! Found insideMuch like Harry would, Robert-Houdin became obsessed with reading about magic, ... Orange trees grew and blossomed before the audience's eyes. Found inside – Page 46Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin Angelo John Lewis ... The effect of the " Orange Tree Trick" as described by Robert-Houdin himself in his "Confidences d'un Prestidigitaieur," was as follows : — " I borrowed a lady's handkerchief. I rolled it into a ... Found inside – Page 5People will be clamoring to buy tickets to see the great Robert - Houdin , just as they do now for Deburau the mime . ” The magician raised an elegant eyebrow . " Peutêtre . When I've perfected my Fantastic Orange Tree ” " You will , monsieur . Found inside – Page 14The king did so , deciding that the bundle should be buried outside , under an orange tree in the garden . As Robert - Houdin lifted the bell to show that the handkerchiefs were still on the table , two palace servants rushed outside to guard the ... Found inside – Page 328If you have never read the autobiography of Robert Houdin , get the book from a library and enjoy a journey into a land of ... After reading the cards , the royal patron decided on the chest or box of an orange tree which stood at the end of one ... Found inside... the orange tree in question andsurround itto prevent fraud. The handkerchiefs were gathered andcausedto vanish. Then Robert Houdin directed the king's ... Found inside – Page 40Trimitedly , the Orange - Tree trick was in existence , in various forms , for a long time before Robert - Houdin's day . Nothing is new under the sun . The art of Robert - Houdin consisted in taking an old fairground trick , rejuvenating it , improving ... Found inside – Page 39An inside look at Pinetti's orange tree Robert-Houdin's “Light and Heavy Chest”. 39 Science shows and magical marvels. Found inside – Page 236third suggested " the chest of the orange tree on | formances described , and the explanation of some the right of the avenue ... Ah ! Monsieur Robert Houdin , ” he said , somewhat came Houdin — a theatre having been erected in ironically , “ I ... Found insidePhillipe's show combined automata with Chinese tricks, but Robert-Houdin was sarcastic about the ... The Enchanted Orange Tree, a Robert-Houdin automaton. Found insideThe Orange Tree was Robert-Houdin's signature effect that enchanted the audience at his theater in Paris. He vanished a ring inside a handkerchief and then ... Found inside – Page 287Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. THE ORANGE - TREE . 287 your face tive faculty on the part of the public ? If you are anxious , ill - disposed , or vexed , or should bear the stamp of any annoying impression , your audience , straightway imitating ... Found inside – Page 164Eisenheim reconstructs real-life illusionist Robert-Houdin's “Mysterious Orange Tree.” Circling the plant, rather than adopting Eisenheim's audience's view, ... Found inside – Page 166This event recalls a famous trick performed for Louis- Philippe, when Robert-Houdin located a number of handkerchiefs under an orange tree at the king's ... Found inside – Page 287Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin. THE ORANGE - TREE . 287 tive faculty on the part of the public ? If you are anxious , ill - disposed , or vexed , or should your face bear the stamp of any annoying impression , your audience , straightway imitating ... Found insideOneof Eisenheim's early successes wastheMysterious Orange Tree,afeat made famous by Robert- Houdin. A borrowed handkerchief was placed in a small box and ... Found inside – Page 34I take at random , merely to mention them :The Chinese Juggler , Auriol and Débureau , The Mysterious Orange Tree , A Tumbler who performed daring tricks upon the Trapèze , The Pastry Cook who distributed cakes and wine to the ... Found insideof Robert-Houdin and his Wonderful Bakery and his Inexhaustible Punch Bowl and his Miraculous Orange Tree and all the rest of his wheels and cogs and levers ... Found inside – Page 400... this iron found in the box of the last orange - tree on the right hand coffer , holding six handkerchiefs , has been placed ... The sides are solid rock , but in layers of per“ Yes , sire , ” replied Robert Houdin , “ they have been haps thirty feet in ... Found inside – Page 306The King of the Conjurers Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. “ Will your majesty deign to inform me ? " " It is desired that you should send the handkerchiefs into the chest of the last orange - tree on the right of the avenue . ” “ Only that , sire ? Found inside – Page 553... even described them at length , giving in which an orange - tree is growing , the the dates on coins and the inscriptions on last one on the right . " watches . It was almost at the end of the Robert - Houdin answered , promptly , programme and ... Found inside – Page 217... nineteenth-century magicians, especially Robert Houdin's blooming orange tree illusion. See Memoirs of Robert-Houdin, Ambassador, Author, and Conjuror. Found inside – Page 75... or the trees surrounding Peel Park were magic trees, like the orange tree that Robert Houdin the illusionist/magician used on stage in his act to create ... Found inside – Page 183Stripped of his self-woven veil of romance, Robert-Houdin stood forth, ... Houdini's key piece of evidence was the famous orange-tree trick, promoted in the ... Found insideFigures “S” Portrait of Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin The orange tree Théâtre Robert-Houdin Cabinet fantastique Théâtre Robert-Houdin Place de la fête Théâtre ... Found inside... growing of an orange tree, inspired by the trick first invented by Robert-Houdin – the Fantastic Orange Tree – and which has been performed by magicians ... Found inside – Page 101The ' I borrowed from my noble spectat - vrs several feat of Houdin at St. Cloud , ' he says , “ was handkerchiefs , which I made into a ... M. Houdin himself refuses to the chest of the last orange - tree on the right be converted into a medium for the sake of of the avenue . ... and states that his power was that of a mesmerist , but all - misunderstood by those about * Memoirs of Robert Houdin , ' vol . ii . p . Found inside – Page 51THE CONJURER'S ORANGE - TREE . ( Robert Houdin's Invention . ) Though Robert Houdin was the unprompted originator of this surprising and beautiful trick , there seems little doubt that a similar piece of mechanism was known in earler ... Found inside – Page 78This is, of course, a version of the Fantastic Orange Tree made famous by Robert-Houdin and it—like many of the other magic tricks seen in the film—was ... Found insidegreat Robert-Houdin had in mind. The magician was known for his ingenious ... His favorite, though, was his orange tree. Symbolizing spring renewal and ... Found inside – Page 751... that those trees they have eaten their lunch under have eyes and swords) ... of RobertHoudin, called The Fantastic Orange Tree, wherein Robert-Houdin ... Found inside... of Robert-Houdin, called The Fantastic Orange Tree, wherein Robert-Houdin borrowed a lady's handkerchief, rubbed it between his hands and passed it into ... Found inside – Page 306Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. 66 “ Will your majesty deign to inform me ? ” “ It is desired that you should send the handkerchiefs into the chest of the last orange - tree on the right of the avenue . ” “ Only that , sire ? Deign to order , and I will ... Found inside – Page 46Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin Hoffmann (Professor). CHAPTER ... The effect of the “ Orange Tree Trick , " as described by Robert - Houdin himself in his “ Confidences d'un Prestidigitateur , " was as follows :“ I borrowed a lady's handkerchief . Found insideThe trick involved Robert-Houdin's son, Emile, being blindfolded and stepping ... Other illusions included 'The Marvellous Orange Tree,' 'Robert-Houdin's ... Found inside – Page 572The handkerchiefs ostro and the French conjuror Robert were given you hardly a quarter of an Houdin may be found in a ... height of his tents were placed in the chest of the popularity , was invited to Saint Cloud to orange tree sixty years ago . Found inside – Page 30Robert - Houdin is often called " The Father of Modern Magic , " and his stage name , a magical father in its own right , sired Houdini's . It was in the mid - 1800s that Robert - Houdin devised " The Fantastic Orange Tree Trick " – an elaborate ... Found inside – Page 196“We render full justice to the inventive skill of M. Robert-Houdin in ... he built a mechanical orange tree that produced first flowers and then fruit in a ... Found inside – Page 16... such as The Wonderful Orange Tree, The Cakemaker of the Palais-Royal and The ... From the 1850s, Robert-Houdin became interested in the 16 Gustave Trouvé. Found inside – Page 18If you have never read the autobiography of Robert Houdin , get the book from a library and enjoy a journey into a land of ... After reading the cards , the royal patron decided on the chest or box of an orange tree which stood at the end of one ... Found inside – Page 697 Pinchbeck used this method to create an apple tree and later an orange tree ... Robert-Houdin improved the tree trick by in— cluding a separate hydraulic ... Found inside – Page 216Robert - Houdin answered , promptly , “ Is that all , Sire ? Give the order and I will obey . " " So be it , ” Louis Philippe responded ; " I shall not be sorry to see a deed of magic . So I choose the box of the orange - tree . ” Then the King whispered ... Found insideIn The Illusionist and The Prestige some of the tricks of the famous magician Robert-Houdin, such as the Orange Tree (an orange tree that seems to grow ... Found inside – Page 51CHAPTER II THE ORANGE-TREE TRICK ROBERT-HOUDIN, on page 179 of the American edition of his "Memoirs," thus describes the orange-tree trick, which he claims as his invention : "The next was a mysterious orange -tree, on wnich ... Found inside – Page 11Robert-Houdin and his son with a mechanical orange tree which bore real fruit. Robert- Houdin was a watchmaker until he took up magic at the age of 40. Found inside – Page 306The Great Wizard, Celebrated French Conjurer, Author, and Ambassador Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin. “ Will your majesty deign to inform me ? 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