Festival of Magic | Producers' Showcase | May 27, 1957

Featuring performances from Cardini, Li King Si (Georges Cassel), Robert Harbin, June Merlin, Sorcar and René Septembre.
Producers' Showcase is an American anthology television series that was telecast live during the 1950s in compatible color by NBC. With top talent, the 90-minute episodes, covering a wide variety of genres, aired under the title every fourth Monday at 8 pm ET for three seasons, beginning October 18, 1954. The final episode, Festival of Magic, the last of 37, was broadcast May 27, 1957.
Showcase Productions, Inc., packaged and produced the series, which received seven Emmy Awards, including the 1956 award for Best Dramatic Series.
Hosted by Ernie Kovacs, Festival of Magic was the first network TV magic special, broadcast on May 27, 1957 on NBC-TV. Milbourne Christopher produced and performed a bullet catch on the show which was the final episode of Producer's Showcase.
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[@Davlavi]

A true classic.

[@MagiPlus]

A wonderful episode of magic!

[@MahdiTheMagician]

Please contact me if you know of anyone with an original transfer. Might be possible to make a better digitized version using modern technology.

[@jimrick6632]

ANYONE HAVE CLAIRE TREVOR IN "DODSWORTH"...DONE IN 1957???? ALSO ANYONE KNOW WHAT DOWNLOADER I NEED TO IN STALL THAT WILL HANDLE MP4 AND WEBN???

[@matticchio]

At 16:45, Harbin does his head mover and suspension illusions.
At 58:06, Sorcar buzzsaws his assistant in half.

[@MagiPlus]

Thanks for the timestamps friend!