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Jack Lamonte

Jack Lamonte

(9 May 1920 - 1996)

John Frederick J. "Jack" Lamonte, was a professional magician, illustrator and inventor. He got his start in magic with a three-penny book of magic, seeing the Great Carmo, and meeting an old-time juggler and card manipulator who kept a small novelty shop in North London.

In September 1940 Jack joined the Royal Navy. During his six years in the Navy he performed magic, including over 200 shows in Ceylon [Sri Lanka]. In 1947 he started to do illustration work for the Magic Wand (his last article was in March of 1956) while keeping up a busy performing schedule. He wrote columns called "Limelight" and "Practical Publicity" for Wizard Magazine and then became the editor from January, 1954, to July, 1956. He wrote "Publicity Pieces", a series for the Linking Ring from 1950 to 1952. He was a member of the British Ring and The Magic Circle. He mainly did sleight-of-hand in a humorous style. He co-authored, with Al Koran, Mastered Amazement (1947) and wrote Stunts with Stage Money (1948).

He dropped from sight in the magic community, and by 1962 Robert Lund was asking in Abracadabra what ever happened to him. He died in 1996.

Coauthors: Al Koran

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Susy and the City Slickers by Jack Lamonte

This is a close-up novelty that you can print yourself and which can be done anywhere at a moment's notice, a cute bar stunt with comedy, plus a touch of mystery. You can do it as a table trick, or in fact anywhere you can get an audience. An ideal pocket trick. Or you can print the provided sheet as large as you want and perform the trick for a larger audience or on a stage.

An illustrated square of paper is shown and the pictures of "City Slickers", "Susie" and "The Wolves" are described with amusing patter as the sheet is folded into a small package. With one single cut the folded paper...

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Jack Lamonte
Stunts with Stage Money by Jack Lamonte

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Every magician will have many ideas for the use of Imitation Notes with his Magic ... Notably the ever popular apparent destruction of a borrowed bank note. Such an effect is a traditional one in Magic ... only a magician is crazy or skillful enough in the eyes of the audience to burn or tear a treasury note ... it is direct in appeal and one which always registers with an audience. It is the magic ... or miracle in the eyes of some ... which they expect from a Magician. It is up to the magician to make the most of his effects and the use of Imitation Notes in Treasury...

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Al Koran & Jack Lamonte
Mastered Amazement by Al Koran & Jack Lamonte

Classic routines with coins, bank notes, cigarettes, thimbles, and cards by the amazing Al Koran & and the ingenious Jack Lamonte.

Including Koran's amazing Miracle Card Stab.

1st edition 1947; reprinted 1987; digital edition 2010; original 66 pages; PDF 44 pages.

Table of Contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. PREFACE
  3. Amazement with Money
  4. - THE "LAST-WORD" NOTE ROUTINE
  5. - THE MASTER "SILVER AND COPPER" ROUTINE
  6. - THE MASTER "CLOSE-UP" COIN VANISH
  7. Cigarette Sorcery
  8. - PERFECT CIG-SWITCH
  9. - THE CHAPEAU CIGARETTES
  10. - CIG SUSPENSION
  11. Thimble Amazement
  12. - THE MASTER MOVE
  13. - THE "PINCH" HIGH SPEED VISIBLE VANISH ...
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