(Fort Wayne, Indiana: 8th May 1905 - 21st December 1930)
Amateur. Articles in Sphinx, most in collaboration with William Larsen Sr., since 1920. Aka "William Weber". Died in automobile accident. His collection of nearly 2,000 magic books and pamphlets went to his nephew, Bascom Jones Jr.
Co-invented many tricks with Larsen, including Boudoir of a Dancing Girl (by 1928). Wrote Page Wright's Manuscript. See William Larsen, Page Wright's Notebook (57pp).
Coauthors: William W. Larsen
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The L. W. Mindreading MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright A nice collection of five more entertaining effects for psychic entertainers that will leave audiences thinking that they have just witnessed genuine mind reading. You get: Musical Mindreading - A spectator selects one of twelve songs, without revealing it to anyone else - and the medium (seated at the piano or CD player) is somehow able to play that very selection. Most musical mindreading acts have required long study. This can be learned in less than fifteen minutes. Little or no expense. An excellent, apparently impromptu item for the home, club or stage. Distant Card Reading - A number... | ★★★★★ $5 to wish list | ||
L.W. Random Conceptions with CardsWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright Long out of print, we're pleased to bring you this nice collection of sleight of hand card work from the team of Larsen and Wright. These clever card miracles are written in a relaxed, personal style, just as if Larsen and Wright were sharing the various moves in the back room of your local magic shop. You'd expect to pay a king's ransom for the original, single broadside sheet manuscript. Luckily, Magic World has reissued this hard to find manuscript in a revised, easy-to-read digital format. Unlike the original, the individual effects now even have titles, making it easier than ever before... | ★★★★★ $6 to wish list | ||
The L. W. Pocket and Parlor MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright Long out of print, we're pleased to bring you this collection of baffling close-up and small group effects for magicians and psychic entertainers, from the minds of Larsen and Wright. The material in this ebook was chosen for its entertainment value, its suitability for small audiences, and to ensure that the methods are new and novel. Not a rehash of old content, this is magic that your audiences will enjoy as much as you will enjoy performing it. You get: The Magic Mail - The magician forgets to stamp a letter. A spectator chooses a denomination from among 16 choices and holds the... | $6 to wish list | ||
The L. W. Mental and Spirit MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright Here are six stunning mental and spirit-flavored effects from the creative minds of Larsen and Wright. From the authors of The L. W. Card Mysteries comes this great ebook of effects for psychic entertainers that will leave audiences thinking that they have just witnessed genuine thought stealing! You get:
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L. W. Card MysteriesWilliam W. Larsen & T. Page Wright Every effect in the L. W. Card Mysteries is an apparent miracle. None of the effects requires long practice or more than a modicum of sleight of hand. Many require little skill at all. Just a rehearsal or two and you'll be all set to amaze and, most of all, entertain. Just think! You'll learn how to make two selected cards turn over in the pack without the use of skill and no false moves of any sort; to make a selected card vanish from the hands of the spectator and be found elsewhere; to make two cards change places - the positions of the cards being seen up to the moment of the change;... | ★★★★★ $4 to wish list | ||
The Complete Page Wright ManuscriptT. Page Wright In the late twenties Larsen & Wright (William Larsen, Sr. and T. Page Wright) were prominent names in magic. They produced a flood of contributions to magic magazines, over one hundred in The Sphinx alone in 1927-28 (so many in fact that The Sphinx felt compelled to publish much of it under a variety of pseudonyms). But in addition there were the Larsen & Wright publications, a large series of printed books and manuscripts offering a mass of original material not appearing in the periodicals. When T. Page Wright died tragically in 1930, he left behind the finished manuscript for a mooted book. Incredibly,... | $35 to wish list |