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Does anyone know of any footage of Cardini ive seen a couple on you tube but i would like to see more. Ive heard a couple of people say there is only a couple bits of footage but does anyone know of anymore.

This is off youtube, in case you have not seen it. Some great manipulations here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ad_VRlsf8Xk&NR

That clip is very inspiring, the way he handles that ball is better than anything I've seen Greg Irwin do (as an example of dexterity).

I know. It's amazing, he's so slick and it all looks so effortless.
A real master of his craft.
I would love to see more footage too, this is great stuff.

Cheers Freddie that is the actual clip that i watched and it was that clip that inspired me to ask on here for me.

If I find anything more I will let you know. I'm keen to see some longer footage of this great man in action.

Read the biography section, it says that there is only one known footage of him. What a shame, but at least we have that, it's still some of the most highly skilled sleight of hand ive ever seen.

http://www.cardini.com/

Please... use the "Search" function more often.
It does wonders!

Cardini was talked about in a thread posted: Mon Oct 30, 2006, with exactly the same Subject as this thread.
This would have been a great addition to that thread!

I love cardini, his manipulation skills are so impressive. I love his style of magic. It seems to be happening to him rather than him doing it. I have his poster on my wall. *gobsmacked*

There is a clip on The Best Of Magic Series that I'm trying to trace at the moment. Unfortunately I never indexed either of the 2 series so it means going through all the tapes. Let you know which when I've found it.
I did transfer one long clip onto my 'Great Magicians 'tape, but it was a wobbly transfer that's why I'm searching the tapes for the clip. This one has of Paul Daniels( in a black tuxedo with glitters on it) at the end saying something,but ot cuts off SO it is on another of my tapes somewhere as PD did't compere the Best of Magic. Could have been on Secrets, which I've also never indexed. It's going to be a long Easter.!
I will post the results.

There is a video and now I presume a dvd 'A Tribute To Cardini' by Toreno, introduced by Finn Jon. Put out by International Magic ( Ron McMillans) around 1994/5 ,it explains Cardini's moves, handings etc.


UPDATE 16 April So far I've only found a 2 minute clip on John Fisher's Heroes of Magic( Channel 4). Still searching the two Best Of Magic series.
Had another look at the wobbly tranfer and it's defintely on a Paul Daniels Show. He is sitting, at the beginning, back to camera, watching it come up on a screen and as the clip ends he comes straight on & begins to say about 4 words then I've cut him off. Ouch. However this 'clip' is 9 1/2. (Nine and a half) minutes long and that should give you all a great look at this legendary Master.
So I will search the 6 programmes in PD's Secrets series and let you all know, as that length of time must have been nearly the whole Act.
One more fact I've remembered, at the London Palladium they have ( or perhaps had?) a set of blue tabs which, because they admired & liked him so much, were christened The Cardini Blues or The Cardini Tabs.
Allen Tipton

Thanks Alan appreciate the help.

Excellent. He's really impressive and I like his style - suave!

Fans & researchers of Cardini will be delighted to know that John Fisher's huge book on The Master is published this month by The Miracle Factory USA.
The bad news for a number of you is ..it will cost $150 + $40 postage on Foreign orders.

u]Full details:[/u] see Reviews Books.

You may have to wait for dealers like Magic Books By Post or Keith Bennett to stock it as they don't charge postage.

Cheer up There is a 14 page extract with many pics from the book in the August 2007 Stan Allen's 'Magic' magazine.

Start with that. It will wet your appetite.

Allen Tipton[