A Match or Two - Two Little Tricks by the Houston Sisters
Series
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- Eve And Everybody’s Film Review
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 2 / 7
- Summary
- NoS Summary - a magic trick involving a coin and matches performed by The Houston Sisters (Renee and Billie).
British Pathe synopsis (Incomplete) - "The problem is to take one cup away without dropping the match -". "Easy wan’t it? Well here’s another one -". "The problem here, is to extract the coin without touching the matches -". The second trick involves balancing a coin on a matchbox then resting a match on top of it. This match leans on another match which has been inserted into a hole in the matchbox. "This is what I call ‘The Passionate Kiss’! Just watch the matches -". One of the Houston Sisters demonstrates how to remove the coin without touching the matches. Both the sisters are seen. - Researcher Comments
- A short handwritten shot list is present in the Pathe boxfile.
- Keywords
- Entertainment and leisure; Performing arts
- Written sources
- Pathe Inventory File Tin No.10
British Pathe Database 1997 Reference No.EP010 Used for synopsis
D. Gifford ‘Entertainers in British Films’ (Westport, 1998) p121.
Pathe Eve 246-280 Boxfile Issue sheet
National Film Archive Catalogue
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- Length of story (in feet)
- 160
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How to cite this record
'A Match or Two - Two Little Tricks by the Houston Sisters', Eve And Everybody’s Film Review Issue No. 280, 14 Oct 1926. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/331528 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)