JOHN CALVERT Magician & Actor huge color photo signed by Calvert & wife Tammy

Description

We offer a jumbo 18" x 24" (with mat)  poster sized photograph of the legendary magician's "Magicarama" act. This is a full tone photograph, not a half tone poster! Both he and his wife/assistant Tammy have signed. Matted and in pristine condition.
See below the biography for shipping.
From Wikipedia:
Madren Elbern "John" Calvert (August 5, 1911 – September 27, 2013) was an American magician and film actor. He performed on stage (including Broadway) for eight decades both in the United States and worldwide. Siegfried and Roy cited him as an inspiration, and Bess Houdini said that he was second only to Harry Houdini in "play(ing) the part of a magician."
He was also an actor who appeared in numerous movies and was the subject of a biographical documentary entitled John Calvert – His Magic and Adventures. The Society of Young Magicians (S.Y.M.) Assembly #29 of the Boston area is named after John Calvert.
Calvert was born in New Trenton, Indiana and became fascinated with magic at age eight when his father took him to see the magician Howard Thurston perform in Cincinnati, Ohio. Shortly afterward, he performed his first trick for his Sunday school class - he made an egg appear from under another boy's coat. He made his initial magic tour when he was eighteen, performing in town halls in Kentucky backroad towns. His small troupe consisted of one assistant and "Gyp the Wonder Dog". He returned home with a .65 profit.  During the Great Depression and into the 1940s, he continually increased the size of his magic show, adding illusions and personnel. He gained notoriety by performing daredevil stunts for publicity.
From the mid-1940s through the late 1950s, he performed in approximately forty films, including starring roles in three Film Classic releases, in which he portrayed a debonair detective known as "The Falcon". He also played as himself in a Malaysian movie in 1960, Mat Magic.  Calvert continued performing magic during his Hollywood days. In the mid-1940s, he transported his show's equipment and personnel worldwide in a Douglas DC-3 airliner, and in later years on yachts.
Awards and accolades
In 2007, IBM Ring 257 named him Magician of the Year.
His biographer, William V. Rauscher, has called Calvert a "real-life Indiana Jones" because of his reputation for surviving dangerous circumstances in his travels. Even at age 100, Calvert traveled extensively, lecturing and performing magic.  Calvert was invited to perform his magic act both on Broadway in New York City and at the London Palladium Theatre on his 100th birthday.
Calvert married his wife Tammy in 1982. He died on September 27, 2013, aged 102.
Filmography
​Year        Title        Role Notes
1943        Bombardier     Calvert the Magician      Uncredited
1944        Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves     Thief       Uncredited
1944        Are These Our Parents?  The Great Gaspar - Magician
1944        The Mark of the Whistler       Eddie Donnelly
1945        Youth on Trial        Jud Lowry
1945        The Return of the Durango Kid     Lee Kirby
1945        Ten Cents a Dance Breezy Walker
1945        Lawless Empire      Blaze Howard Uncredited
1948        Devil's Cargo  Michael Waring / The Falcon
1948        Appointment with Murder
1949        Search for Danger
1952        Gold Fever      John Bonar
1956        Dark Venture  John Kenyon   (final film role)
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Music Antiquarian and Appraiser
New York, New York