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Louis Lam

Louis Lam

(31st July 1903 - 20th March, 1943)

Louis Lam was a Dutch card magician. Born in Amsterdam, Louis cofounded the conjuring magazine Triks with magic dealer Hank Vermeyden. The magic journal began publication in 1941 and ended in 1943, when the Nazis banned all non-party magazines. He was arrested by the Gestapo and murdered in the Polish concentration camp in Sobibor on March 20, 1943. (Also see article in the New Phoenix.)

Lam authored three books for magicians: Would You Believe It? (1935), Watch Me Closely (1937) and Be Deceived (1939).

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Mentalla by Louis Lam

The performer either goes amongst the audience or invites six people on the stage. From a pack of playing cards, six cards are dealt to each of the six people. They are requested to select one card and to place same in their inside pocket. The remaining cards are gathered and thoroughly shuffled and the performer does not handle the cards anymore. At no time does the performer know which cards have been selected. A number of boards with cards on them are now exhibited and shown to spectators. They are to say "yes" when they see their own card, and the performer immediately announces correctly...

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Would You Believe It? by Louis Lam

One dozen and one master card effects that anyone can do.

Excerpt from the introduction:

Every trick has been taken from my own repertoire, and performers all over the world have unanimously attested that the effects are practical.

  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Perplexo
  • "A-Cee-O" - A Four Ace Effect
  • Do As I Do
  • The "El-El" Master Four Ace Effect
  • Would You Believe It?
  • Spelling Made Easy
  • "Reverso"
  • Tower Bridge
  • "Coloro" - The Colour Changing Pack Of Cards
  • "Alice In Wonderland"
  • The Movie Colour Cards
  • When Were You Born?
  • It Pays To Advertise

1st edition 1935, 21 pages; PDF 21...

★★★★★ $8
Louis Lam
Watch Me Closely by Louis Lam

Here is a baker's dozen mentalism demonstrations and card effects that you'll be pleased to perform. The effects in this rare classic, by the author of Be Deceived, are a mix of close-up and club/stage routines that will find favor with most every magician or psychic entertainer.

One effect in particular, Key-ology, includes three different methods for the Seven Keys to Baldpate premise originated by Ted Annemann. What makes these methods worthy of note is that they all work with an ungimmicked lock. If you've wanted to add this effect to your act, but find the high prices that dealers charge for the special lock...

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Louis Lam
Be Deceived by Louis Lam

Intended by the author as "Card magic that is different," here are a baker's dozen card effects that your audience will enjoy. Card discoveries, mental mysteries, and audience participation effects are all included in this gem of a book. The author, a recognized card expert, shares these effects that rely on subtlety instead of "knuckle-buster" sleights. The routines described in this ebook can be performed by most any magician of average ability.

Here's what's included:

  • Introduction
  • El-El Telephone Test (with additional presentations)
  • Lady Be Good
  • El-El Bluff Force
  • El-El Four Ace...
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