In 1944, U.F. Grant, that prolific inventor of magic, brought
out his first Temple Screen. There are many magic products of
that time that are no longer in existence (some of them even
invented by Grant), but go into any magic store today and ask for
a Temple Screen and you will find it still available, still in
use, and still as popular as ever. That’s the mark of a
GREAT trick.
There’s not much that can be done to improve on
Grant’s original idea, but I never let that stop me before,
so here goes. One thing I always felt was needed was a fourth
screen so I could turn the screen into a four sided tube. In most
cases, this is not needed, but at Christmas time, there is a
definite advantage in being able to make the screen look more
like a brick chimney with four sides. As long as the Temple
Screen was just a “production thing” it got along well
with the minimal three sides, but when you wish to redecorate it
and get away from the Temple anything designs, you will probably
want to know that it CAN be made four-sided. Other ideas for
decoration and use are also included in the aticle. I also wanted
to make it with a load bag that can be attached or detached
during the act.
In order to have the screen production start flat and clean
in the hands of a spectator, and then end the same way after the
final load has been produced, you will need to use my Collapsing
Well Table Top, which is included in this article as a FREE
Bonus. With it, you can also change load bags right in the middle
of the routine and the production can go on and on, not that you
would do such a thing to your audience.
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