Conjuring Credits

The Origins of Wonder

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cards:two-card_monte [2021/03/15 19:07] – name correction denisbehrcards:two-card_monte [2024/03/19 20:18] – Clarified the early DeLand actions. stephenminch
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 The most common use of the term refers to Theodore DeLand's marketed "Two Card Monte", 1913 (see //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38453/The+Sphinx/15|The Sphinx]]//, Vol. 12 No. 6, Aug. 15 1913, p. 119). The most common use of the term refers to Theodore DeLand's marketed "Two Card Monte", 1913 (see //[[http://askalexander.org/display/38453/The+Sphinx/15|The Sphinx]]//, Vol. 12 No. 6, Aug. 15 1913, p. 119).
  
-The original trick did not include the move that now bears its name. In fact, the original was more of a gag. The performer would show both cards, place one on the table face up, and the other face down. After covering the face-up card with his hand, the performer would bet that the spectator couldn't guess what the face-down card was. The card was then turned over to reveal that it was a [[cards:double-backed_card|double-backed card]].+The original trick used a rudimentary application of the principle embodied in the sliding display move associated today with the Two-Card Monte effect. The original effect was more of a gag. The performer would show both cards, place one on the table face up, and the other face down. After covering the face-up card with his hand, the performer would bet that the spectator couldn't guess what the face-down card was. The card was then turned over to reveal that it was a [[cards:double-backed_card|double-backed card]].
  
 The routine and handling now commonly referred to as "Two-Card Monte" is actually Frank Lane's marketed [[http://askalexander.org/display/13148/Cards+L+N/16|"The New Two Card Monte"]], 1931 (misspelled "Frank Land" in the instruction sheet, but see for example the ad in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/40637/Linking+Ring/111|The Linking Ring]]//, Vol. 11 No. 5, July 1931, p. 605). It used the sliding display move now connected with the trick, along with the behind-the-back guessing aspect. The routine and handling now commonly referred to as "Two-Card Monte" is actually Frank Lane's marketed [[http://askalexander.org/display/13148/Cards+L+N/16|"The New Two Card Monte"]], 1931 (misspelled "Frank Land" in the instruction sheet, but see for example the ad in //[[https://askalexander.org/display/40637/Linking+Ring/111|The Linking Ring]]//, Vol. 11 No. 5, July 1931, p. 605). It used the sliding display move now connected with the trick, along with the behind-the-back guessing aspect.

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