Lance Burton The Secrets of Magic

The DVD is largely a compilation of several Gary Ouelletproduced magic specials one of which only tangentially features Lance Burton it nevertheless contains some of the best magic ever shown on TV The Hidden Secrets of Magic special is a look into some of the greatest feats in the history of thearical magic No you wont learn the secrets but you will see them performed by todays masters Charlotte Pendragon escapes chained inside a locked crate dumped into a bay The Light and Heavy Chest which the great RobertHoudin used to stop a war is featured and yes its the very same chest But the great jewel is the only video of the famous Blue Room in which people visbly vanish and transform as if in a film special effect only it was what audiences saw live in the 1860s This one segment alone recreated for the LA Conference on Magic History in 1996 is worth the price of the DVD