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Original Dante Magician Poster

A Mystery Revue Sim-Sala-Bim

Poster

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Genre

Magic

Subject

Magic Poster

Plot

Dante Magician Poster Original Mid 1950s
(12 inches X 20 inches)

The Cleanest Show on Earth! Bring the kiddies! Dante Magician Poster Original, Mid-1950s Aprox.12"X20". There are lots of reprints of Dante posters , but the originals have become pretty hard to find. I believe the Sim Sala Bim tour was 1956.

This poster was folded into quarters at one time. There are a few closed tears, mostly in the margins, but no paper loss. (One tear breaks into the blue printed border.) Paper is only lightly yellow and not brittle.

Personal

Owner	Bryan-Keith Taylor
Location	Magic Library (Home)
Index	1550
Added Date	Jul 01, 2017 03:06:54
Modified Date	Apr 06, 2026 13:51:35

Value

Book Condition	Very Fine

Notes

Dante

Born: Harry August Jansen
October 3, 1883
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died: June 16, 1955 (age 71)
Northridge, California
Resting place: Columbarium 1 Loraine Ct. San Francisco, California

Dante (b.1883-d.1955) was born Harry August Jansen in Denmark. He emigrated to the U.S. as a small boy. He started out in magic as an illusion builder. He co-owned a magic manufacturing company in Chicago called, Halton, Jansen and LeRoy.

Biography
After becoming a performer and touring as the "Great Jansen", he was chosen by Howard Thurston to run the Thurston Number Two show, who gave him the name "Dante". He built many of Thurston's illusions including the improved Horace Goldin "Sawing a Woman in Half". "The Un-Sevilled Barber", "Backstage", "The Magician's Rehearsal" and "Black and White".

Dante toured the world with his show "Sim-Sala-Bim", including on Broadway. Sim Sala Bim was Dante's trademark which he used as his magic words. He was often billed as the "King of Magicians."
He performed on TV shows such as "You Asked for It" and in films.

Dante made his last public appearance a week before his death at the combined convention of the Society of American Magicians and the Pacific Coast Association of Magicians in Santa Barbara where he gave a lecture about his tours. He died at his Northridge ranch in San Fernando Valley (near Los Angeles) of a heart attack on June 16, 1955.[1]

References
↑ Thurston & Dante: The Written Word… Book Two By Temple, Phil ed. (2006)
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Cover Genii 1955 July
Cover Genii 1965 July
Cover Genii 1994 June
Dante: The Devil Himself by Phil Temple (1991)
Trouping With Dante: Travels With Dante's Sim Sala Bim in the Golden Age of Big Illusion Shows by Marion S. Trikosko (2006)
Dante at the Internet Movie Database
Dante at Find a Grave