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Arthur Carlton Phelps (29 December 1880 - 28 June 1941), who performed under the stage name Carlton, the Human Hairpin[citation needed] was Britain's leading comedy magician during the early 20th century.[1]
Biography
[edit]Arthur Carlton Philps was born in Holloway, London on 29 December 1880 to Louise Harriet (née Hughes) and Arthur Dix Philps.[2]
billed as the "Thinnest Conjuror Extant". https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vj0HCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&dq=carlton+human+hairpin&source=bl&ots=hGgDGFmFBE&sig=THrvV06UBvowhuQCeC5aQMyHQBI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvq66N8KXTAhWFwVQKHYhcCaw4ChDoAQg3MAQ#v=onepage&q=carlton%20human%20hairpin&f=false
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O84872/caricature-cooke-george-harold/
- originator of current common Die box sucker routine -- RS evidence???
- illusion of making self taller (RS??) human telescope: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49547/49547-h/images/i_192.jpg
- Most popular magician of 1910 according to Zenon.
Strand Magazine 1915 - https://books.google.com.au/books?id=zptAAQAAMAAJ&dq=human+telescope+carlton&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=carlton - not on archive.org currently
- Death -- alcoholism (RS?)
Fragmentary sources:
- https://books.google.com.au/books?id=7PuBAAAAMAAJ&dq=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=carlton
- https://books.google.com.au/books?id=xt1lojGyf7wC&pg=PA402&lpg=PA402&dq=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&source=bl&ots=-nBcZJoqhq&sig=9s6EHueWrhCb_luu-_KFF4kVx7U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHypHK96XTAhUpjlQKHT-ACjw4ChDoAQgvMAI
- https://books.google.com.au/books?id=sJoHAQAAMAAJ&q=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&dq=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwk4_f96XTAhXMyFQKHcAUBiUQ6AEITTAJ
- https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZKffAAAAMAAJ&q=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&dq=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjM_9m8-KXTAhWrqlQKHZZyCCA4ChDoAQghMAA "Mommy I can see the wires" / "Shut up, dear, they aren't wires, they're his legs"
In 1920, he released his autobiography, 20 years of Spoof and Bluff[3]
Parker, John (1916). Who's Who in Theatre. Vol. 3. Pitman. p. 11.
By 1938, he was living in poverty in a basement flat in Clapham, and attempting to peddle seashells, which he had collected on a trip to Santa Catalina Island during his 1911 American tour, in London's West End Theatreland[4][3]
He died on 28 June 1942, at the age of 61, in Surrey, England.[5] The Magic Circle named their Carlton Award for best comedy magician after him. [1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Carlton Award". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Who's Who 1916
was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Philps 1920.
- ^ ""'Human Hairpin' Loses Fortune"". Malaya Tribune. 21 September 1938. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "The Final Curtain". The Billboard. July 28, 1942. p. 28.
Bibliography
[edit]Carlton (1920). 20 Years of Spoof and Bluff. Herbert Jenkins Ltd. Retrieved 28 April 2018.