Cardini 1957 - Rare HQ Video - Amazing Card, Billiard Ball and Cigarettes Manipulation

Magician Cardini performing in 1957

[@respectthemagic]

What you're seeing 5:37-5:55 is complex billiard ball manipulation made to look easy by a master of this ancient and most beautiful form of entertainment. Cardini could perform knuckle breaking sleight of hand moves, while wearing gloves, that most magicians would find nearly impossible to do. This is what real magic and a real magician looks like. I have 44 years in this art, and I have met and watched pass some of the greatest magicians of all time. Cardini, a true master of the art.

[@mikecrosoftt.m.8824]

Do you realize how they break the laws of nature?

[@jrrdlkrd]

I learned about him when I was 11 and that was a big influence for about 5 years I started working with gloves on and it was fun.

[@stevengriffin1406]

How can anyone possibly give Cardini a thumbs down? This guy was the greatest manipulator in magic. Even today he is unsurpassed.

[@dayzr420]

Steven Griffin he is boring as hell to watch. No real story. Nothing making us care. He was good technically but still lacks some magic of story.

[@abbeykroeter]

Huh. Guess I haven't been watching in a while, because last I knew I didn't need a story to watch good magic. If "magic of story" is what's required enough to not get a thumbs down today, it's still ridiculous to give this guy, who was doing this stuff like anyone back then-- to music-- a thumbs down because the "Story" part of today's acts didn't come along with card tricks until well AFTER they borrowed and borrowed from guys that borrowed.... from THIS guy. So have some relative respect huh? It doesn't make any sense to watch something this old, know it contributed to things people had to take time to work out later... and still judge it based on how we know everything today. It's like driving a 1957 Chevy, then driving a 2017 Corvette, and then saying the '57 is boring, handles terribly and isn't fast. Duh. Without the development of the '57, the 2017 wouldn't exist.

[@SuperQBoi]

He actually did this with fresh cigarette burns between his main manipulation fingers he got doing the stage run through just hours before he had to do this live routine (search youtube for Harry Risers story about this TV performance) and he still slayed it.

[@JonasClark]

Trolls. People will do it in the hopes that it rubs people the wrong way.

[@justinweber4977]

@@dayzr420 Eh, it's kind of a pantomime was how I saw it. A tipsy gentleman is coming home for the evening and these strange... Things keep happening as he attempts to dress down for the night.

[@jaybob459]

Fun fact: Cardini actually endured a burn between his fingers when forced to rehearse before the show by pushy producers, and he clipped a lit cigarette backwards because he was distracted by the producers and directors and such. Harry Riser tells the story in another video, but yeah, the most flawless dexterity performance with a fresh first or second degree burn on his fingers. The most disciplined man in magic, truly.

[@Othmarius]

The end always cracks me up, like manually switching the pipe for a bigger one. This so humorous!

[@sharkyjeff]

What a legend

[@jasoncartwright586]

You know when you see a master at work. You never tire of the repeats.

[@Shodansixtyone]

What a fantastic show - one of the best I ever saw.

[@mario090564]

I don`t understand why some people dislike this video. It is a class of dexterity with art. Cardini was the "guy",

[@AntonioGomez-px1pp]

Mario de Lima e Silva Because they dont know anything bout real entertaining magic.

[@theotherwalt]

I don't understand why people care about down votes.

[@redchandler]

Loved that move where it looked like the billiard ball was levitating under his curved fingers and it slowly just kind of rolled down to position itself between the first finger and thumb. Amazing!!!

[@penfold7800]

It's amazing he can have that much control WITH GLOVES ON?! Amazing! He wrote books about sleight techniques too. He's that fast, I'm having trouble just keeping up with what the effects are! Lol. Brilliant!

[@miamimagicians]

Even though Cardini developed his magic in the 1900's it still holds up today! He was wayyyy ahead of his time...

[@richard40x]

There is a guy called Smoothini who is doing similar stuff, and thrilling everybody on AGT. I guess really good magic is indeed timeless.

[@miamimagicians]

No Smoothini wasn't even close to what Cardini created (no insult intended, just not a fair comparasion)... Cardini is one of the greatest Magicians that will ever live!

[@richard40x]

miamimagicians Perhaps, but smoothini may be the best cardini successor today.

[@miamimagicians]

Richard Forty No... Not even close. The closest thing that was in recent years was Lance Burton's Manipulation act (look it up its incredible). I also like Channing Pollock, but that was 50 years ago. Closest Cardini Successor working today would be Levent. Levent is a God!

[@verty87]

@@richard40x Just watched Smoothini, damn good. Quite different though from Cardini, but still excellent

[@bludika]

how can he do such productions with gloves??? it doesn't slip out? he's a legend

[@volcano-catonyoutube8706]

He learned to manipulate cards in the Trenches, wearing gloves to keep his hands warm... this man was simply unsurpassable...

[@Thurston86]

Tecum Ilic yes it really is true! If your interested in Magic History then grab a copy of The Illustrated History Of Magic by Milbourne and Maurine Christopher! It says “illustrated” but it is not a picture book it’s full of written bios with some pics.

[@nexioseptimus5099]

It is indeed true. Cardini learned card manipulation huddled in WWI trenches, wearing gloves to keep his fingers from freezing. The gloves made many card sleights impossible, so he focused on card productions. When he was wounded in the war and sent to a hospital in England, his insistence on wearing gloves while he worked the cards was seen as a sign of mental or emotional disturbance - an easy mistake to make, with eighty thousand British soldiers being treated for shellshock over the course of the war - so he was sent to a mental hospital. Fortunately the staff there saw the cards as a healthy pursuit rather than as a sign of illness.

[@bluesoul7163]

@@nexioseptimus5099 beatiful and sad at the same time....

[@AhatiMaat]

@@Thurston86 Great book there's a PDF... I also have the hard copy

[@PreservationEnthusiast]

@@bluesoul7163 The cards are just front and back palm, split fan production and body loads. Nobody does this kind of magic anymore. It's boring and everyone knows how it's done.

[@miked4377]

this great magician is awesome......love things from the past like this gem..because todays tv is garbage...

[@kunkushun1]

Crafty smooth and great sleight of hand my man CARDINI.

[@MarcoS-uj2qx]

Brilliant! Cardini was and is the epitome of a master!

[@georgemillward1105]

This level of performance is only possible through dedication to and love of the real art of magic. I just wish the meddlers would leave the artist alone. Because you know the method does not mean you can perform. Cardini ignited a spark of creativity in all who witnessed his performance, THAT'S WHAT BEING AN ENTERTAINER IS ABOUT!

[@MichaelVincentMagic]

Magnificent

[@seanmcclure]

His contributions can never be overstated. Amazing.

[@themadmonkey7830]

The lack of appreciation for these magnificent magicians is truly a crime. The amount of practice and talent that goes into a 9 minute act just goes to show, how much the magician loves and is amazing at his work. I put great honor on these marvelous people, if only this generation knew what true talent was.

[@davidtydeman1434]

Jed in those days you could spend years developing and improving your show and then perform it for many years. Nowadays after it has been posted to the internet you need to come up with something new for next week.

[@MadsMcKay]

I love the shrinking card routine, plus doing all these manipulations with gloves on?! Amazing.

[@HOMERTINKLE]

Master and true legend. He was absolutely fantastic !!!!

[@beattheovenludwigvan]

I watch this 3 times a year

[@TheJennyWalaShow]

I've studied card production,The way Cardini uses gloves is amazing, that takes lots of practice.

[@PaulTheillusionist]

Absolutely amazing!

[@acrophobe]

my god, the fucking cards keep coming and coming and coming out of nowhere, what the FUUUUUCK dude!

[@anogaijinjapan6647]

❤️That sums it up ! One of the greats he was !

[@jajaja2984]

That's a great master magician. Classic magic ,how can manipulate cards with gloves on...

[@jadezee6316]

the best i have ever seen,,,,,this guy sat alone!

[@magicadolratz99]

now that's art!!!!

[@Sunsmv]

Dat ball manipulation :O Amazing

[@SuperHeliboy]

Truly unbelievable that he could perform this with gloves on.

[@123bearjew]

When he was doing the billiard ball manipulation he took off the gloves if you watch earlier but non the less still amazing

[@nexioseptimus5099]

When Cardini came to America and started to be successful, other magicians quickly started copying parts of his act. So he switched to the things he taught himself how to do over the seven years he spent huddled in WWI trenches and recuperating in hospitals (including a mental hospital, because the doctors at the regular hospital thought his insistence on wearing gloves while he worked the cards was a sign of shellshock). There's probably a lesson in there, somewhere.

[@ryanscottnix]

Interesting! Thank you for sharing!

[@ThorstenStrotmann]

Great, great, great! Some people don´t like this??? They haven´t any knowledge about magic!

[@mikecrosoftt.m.8824]

Thorsten Strotmann Do you know how magic is done?

[@Magiciansandmagicvideos]

absolutely brilliant.

[@csabanagy2010]

Great Master🏆

[@M4dBoOmr]

Fantastic❤

[@AdamGrange1]

Truly amazing

[@dr.nunzio_improta]

Super Awesome !!!!!

[@ricthomas9788]

Class Man! Class! You’d almost think he’d been drinking. No way! Great! Used all my exclamation points.

[@edsoncarvalho1337]

amazing!!

[@marceloshangful]

CARDINI, SIMPLE THE BEST

[@MagicByMannyMN]

Wow! Excellent...

[@littlebee4902]

Wish more magicians were like this - now the rely on a fixed deck or a manipulated coins or some othe rbs prop. True slight of hand, I remember when someone did a routine in remembrance of cardini and everyone knew the trick but were still amazed.

[@tandoonke482]

Very amazing

[@mutukz7111]

really master old but good the true magic !

[@phjabbawockidz]

Master of us magicians :-)O

[@ZachWaldman1]

Absolutely incredible! Also, I'm pretty sure the guy in the chair died at some point during the filming.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

That technique in brilliant, but even better is the performance. It is like this stuffy British caricature is haunted by unseen forces which steal his belongings or make more of them.

[@marcossantana1312]

What an Artist!

[@friendlymagician4216]

LEGEND !

[@kingpablofarm466]

greatest of all time

[@idguakeren]

the original card master!

[@herodogs4kids]

What a brilliant magician!!!

[@yourroyalhighness7662]

Mind blowing talent.

[@monkey2able]

Master indeed

[@bonglawas89]

He is legend..

[@donwilsmore1635]

Superb Rip Cardini

[@edellis515]

I'm a pro and he is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@FCarraro1]

this is beyond genius

[@kiwikiwi8028]

That ball control

[@bansheeboii5814]

wow

[@sketchur]

I came here from the recent _America's_ _Got_ _Talent_ performer Winston: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKPSiZuwrslnnZY His performance is a very modern take on this man's techniques. We are so fortunate this video is still online to see. ♥ Thanks for having uploaded.

[@Davlavi]

cool.

[@sickos13707]

This foo is awsome!

[@plk5520]

This is a treasure.

[@user-xt4jb8pm3n]

I think He is really an awesome magician. I tried to produce cards with glove but I failed It is really hard to do

[@bencoffin655]

wish it was possible to see it in color and HD.

[@cybernet3000]

Has this ever happened to you? You try to throw your cards away and they just keep coming back!

[@dmmchugh3714]

And I can not even shuffle properly....Cardin is the master.

[@bv2745]

Too bad they cut out most of the Billard ball stuff because it was all color changing balls and this was in black and white

[@hassanakadamien1190]

....🎼.🎩

[@theotherwalt]

This is from the Festival of Magic TV show.

[@rod1987]

He looks like walt disney

[@ricthomas9788]

Walt smoked more🤣

[@headlightdear]

The peau doux cards tho

[@cautionTosser]

Well, guess we'll never see cigarette tricks again. I wonder... vape magic? not quite as cool. but possible.

[@peppers1587]

My past future self loves this.

[@kwhmagic]

Legend of manipulation.

[@PeanutButter21505]

I see he buys his cards by the pallet.

[@keithpatrick156]

Does anyone know if he's using standard cards or backpalming ones? When he produces 8 cards in a row followed by a fan, I'm just in awe over it. I'm just now learning to backpalm standard cards, and my hands are *shaking* trying to hold just 7.

[@carsonbrink47]

He used 1 specific brand of cards called Peau Doux (swapped to them about halfway through his career so they weren't essential to the act) They are standard playing cards but ever so slightly easier to do the tricks with if you have big hands. He wrote in his notes that using the same brand consistently helped him when he got arthritis and burns. I'd recommend with the internet shopping around for different brands and materials of standard playing cards until you find one that you like. The Bicycle standard is a very difficult card set to do this with because of the slick surface.

[@Trickboy36]

Try Nielsen Magic for cards specifically made for manipulators.

[@Ofledius]

who knows the first song in the card production?? please

[@GretSeat]

J.J.Studios use Shazam

[@brokendairy]

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[@jiegehardtolearn]

贼牛逼

[@ilanlupa7218]

Anybody knows the name of the song?

[@brokendairy]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWaVl5WEndx4mZY the zenda waltz

[@yoranadam6574]

Pipo'dan sonra nargile çıkacak sandım...

[@patriciogonzalez492]

6:20 name of the music???

[@TheSpiralnotebook]

"Smoke Rings"

[@LingXiao.Z]

应该是鼻祖

[@gargolagmv]

5:37 - 5:55 whats the name of that and where can i learn it please answer

[@richardace5982]

So what you're saying is.... David Blaine is better?(oozing with sarcasm) But I absolutely agree- Cardini is my favorite magician. I would even go so far as to say that he was a better magician than even The Professor- though Vernon was a better sleight man, his presentation wasn't quite as magical.

[@miamimagicians]

you can't really compare Cardini and David Blaine 2 completely different acts

[@sevidg]

Cardini did mostly manipulations you can’t compare him to others except I suppose Jeff McBride.

[@marcossantana1312]

Dumbledore?

[@user-xr8xf8du4t]

God of card manipulation

[@suhailbastaki4908]

hhhh chk out peter marvy he dose it with opening hands

[@daviderossi39]

I guess he died by lung cancer. Cursed to smoke fore ever. (it's black humor R.I.P. Great Cardini)