Summary

Footage Information

British Pathé
ED MORELLE
Ed Morelle. Magic and humour by this mad magician. MUSIC Sobre Ian Olas. Stars & Stripes. Artist's Own Music.

Probably filmed in Pathe studios, London.

Ed Morelle walks on looking a bit like Groucho Marx with false moustache and glasses. He pretends to be foreign and gets his words mixed up. He gives his hat in and rolls up his sleeves, he also takes off his cuffs and puts them on a coat hanger. He does various tricks including making handkerchiefs and a candle disappear, as well as picking up a cloth with a magnet.

A busboy comes on with clock on silver tray, Morelle holds a cloth in front of it and makes it disappear. The boy turns around and it is attached to the back of his jacket. He then does a rope trick, cutting it in half then showing it is still in one piece. He tries to tell us how he did it but the music starts playing so loudly we can't hear.
British Pathe
1937
00:04:50:00
Black & White
Sound
1246.11

Keywords

Ed Morelle magicians magic tricks comedians comedy entertainments personalities turns language jokes clocks
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