Through the late 1800s, magic shows occupied American stages alongside traveling circuses and vaudeville acts. Near the turn of the 20th century, however, magicians began to occupy an elevated ...

The “Golden Age” of magic coincided with the heyday of the lithographic poster, and acts involving levitation, decapitation, escapes, hypnotism, and other illusions were lavishly advertised. Illusions ...

A forthcoming museum exhibit showcases the advertising used by the likes of Harry Houdini, Adelaide Herrmann, and other turn-of-the-century performers. Harry Houdini didn’t simply employ magic tricks ...

With their fiendish imagery and ghoulish characters, these magic posters enthralled audiences, promising them dark arts and unbelievable magic. Although magicians and illusionists like Derren Brown ...

Promising levitation, self-decapitation, and Houdini’s death-defying water-torture illusion, these posters sure beat the formulaic movie ads of today. Nowadays, we’re so busy watching cars explode or ...

René Walter, who runs the fabulous blog Nerdcore, has amassed an amazing collection of vintage magic posters. The ads run the gamut from stately magicians to performers touting their ties to the black ...

Netflix has released an official The Magician’s Elephant trailer and poster for the upcoming animated movie based on the book by two-time Newbery Award-winning author Kate DiCamillo. The film is set ...