This is from a Private Estate in Good Condition. The dust jacket has wear and tears around the top and the discoloration of the edges. The hardcover book is in great shape and the pages are slightly tinged with yellow from age.
Fourth Edition
Complete discussions of audience appeals and fundamentals of showmanship and presentation.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 - Do Magicians Need Higher Entertainment Standards?
- Chapter 2 - Things From Another Era
- Chapter 3 - How to Find Out What the Public Really Wants
- Chapter 4 - The Things Big Audience Really Buy
- Chapter 5 - How Music Adds Interest
- Chapter 6 - Rhythm, Youth, and Sex Appeal
- Chapter 7 - Personality and Necessity of Selling Yourself
- Chapter 8 - Color, Harmony, Sentiment, Romance
- Chapter 9 - Timing and Pointing
- Chapter 10 - Suprise, Unity, Character and Situation
- Chapter 11 - Costuming, Grooming, Make-up, Personal Behavior and Smoothness
- Chapter 12 - Confidence Through Rehersal
- Chapter 13 - Physical Action, Group Coordination, Precise Attack, Economy and Brevity
- Chapter 14 - Efficient Pacing, Punch, Instinct Appeals, Combined Appeals, Grace, Effortless Skill, Spectacle and Contrast
- Chapter 15 - Comedy
- Chapter 16 - Getting and Holding Interest and Attention
- Chapter 17 - Types of Audiences and Their Preferences
- Chapter 18 - How to Routine
- Chapter 19 - How to Routine Continued
- Chapter 20 - How to Get Ideas For Acts
- Chapter 21 - How to Put An Act Together
- Chapter 22 - How to Make Your Act Salable
- Chapter 23 - A Magic Show in the Modern Manner
- Chapter 24 - Finale
- Chapter 25 - Check Charts
