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The Head Illusion : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9lK8Ar-M1U

Watch Videos on FULL SCREEN.
Stacy Keach and Paul Newman.
 Directed by John Houston. Mescal Arizona 1972 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubjIc3qLPds&feature=related
All (c) Photos are more than 25 years ago.

U.S. Army Lieutenant General John A. Heintges inspecting John Alexander (center) in the field. Bavaria, Southern Germany. September 1968. General Heintges was in command of the entire U.S. Army in Europe at this time. ( Living in the field for 6 weeks in the middle of nowhere and SP Alexander still has starch in his collar. )
The General is wondering How ?
General Heintges was in charge of this unit May 4, 1945. ( One Minute Video ) : http://www.warfoto.com/52008BERCH%20FLAG.wmv . .
See what 3 Star General John Heintges did during WW2 : http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:WliIstzkvegJ:www.warfoto.com/berchesg.htm+john+a+heintges+general+army&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us.



John Alexander and Senator Barry M. Goldwater
Thatcher Arizona. June 1966 . At 105 Hot Degrees. Click the play button : http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barrygoldwater1964rnc.htm



Tony Slydini and John Alexander
Las Vegas . 1983 .
At the old Frontier Hotel Main Showroom Stage.
(c) Photo by : John Alexander ( S.A.M. # 136 )
Read what Dick Cavett has to say in the New York Times ( March 2009 ) about Slydini : http://cavett.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/27/conjuring-slydini/



Tony Slydini 82nd Birthday Party in 1983
At Johnny Paul's in Las Vegas.
Dai Vernon and Johnny Paul with the cake.
150 entertainers from around the World were there and no one fell in the pool.
(c) Photo by : John Alexander ( S.A.M. # 136 ) Dai Vernon : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De2tyFK8WA0 . .



Muhammad Ali showing Slydini an illusion
At the Frontier Hotel.
Las Vegas . 1983 .
(c) Photo by : John Alexander ( S.A.M. # 136 ) .



Eugene Burger, John Alexander and Max Maven

Las Vegas . 1983 .





















Eugene Burger, John Alexander and Max Maven

Las Vegas . 1983 .
Visitors have asked to see the original photo above.



John Alexander, Jay Marshall and Bob Read ( England )
Las Vegas . 1983 .





Albert Goshman, James Alexander, Dai Vernon, Joe Cossari
( " The King Of Cards " ) and John Alexander
Riviera Hotel
Las Vegas . 1979 .




Gary Darwin and John Alexander
Las Vegas . 1983 .
At a Siegfried and Roy cast party


John Alexander and David Copperfield
Hollywood . 1977 .
At the beginning
Short Video : http://www.davidcopperfield.com/html/guiness.swf




David Copperfield and John Alexander
Hollywood . 1980 .

You want to be a Magician ? This is one way.
Just another day at the office.
Alexander said this :
" With a piece of paper and a pencil you can figure out anything you can dream of. "
Flying ( Short Video ) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70U2yybKhKg


Believe The Magic : http://www.mushacay.com/#/home




John E. Alexander showing the other magicians his famous
 " Thimble Routine ".
Las Vegas . 1983 .

The Society Of American Magicians
John E. Alexander Assembly # 136
Tucson Arizona
was named for him.



John Alexander, Arnold Furst, Diana Zimmerman and Hirata
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel
Hollywood . 1976 .
Diana Zimmerman in the news from Las Vegas. The Las Vegas Sun, May 18, 2010. In the article, Diana's photo with Criss Angel. Who was eight years old when the above 1976 photo was taken. Read the article : http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/may/18/criss-angel-recognized-two-prestigious-awards/
Arnold Furst : Look at this from Australia : http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/alma/gid/slv-main-aaa24563/1/al000948



John Alexander, Dai Vernon and Petrick Gold
Hollywood . 1980 .



Siegfried, John Alexander and Roy
Las Vegas . 1983 .


The Elephant : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IDQUpxRwOc&feature=bf_prev&list=PL54369422C63AEE7B

( Two Minute Video ) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHiA1iDYkWU&feature=PlayList&p=B8A60DDAC8A3C22C&index=12

A Real Cat. ( Two Minute Video ) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUx6mOKvPF4&feature=related


We are still looking for the Johnny Thompson,
Bill Larsen Jr, Andre' Kole and Harry Blackstone Sr. photos .


John Alexander and Fred Kelly
Tucson . 1989 .
Fred Kelly was President of
The Society of American Magicians
John E. Alexander Assembly # 136
Tucson Arizona

Wearing the same ( S.A.M. ) lapel pin on their coat.
Photo by : Movie Stuntwoman Lynn Lesemann .

Video of Fred Kelly dancing with his brother Gene Kelly in the 1954 film " Deep In My Heart " : http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2517591/i_love_to_go_swimmin_with_wimmin/



Movie Stuntwoman Lynn Lesemann and Magician James Randi
During James Randi visit to Tucson Arizona. Tucson . 1987 .
(c) Photo by : John Alexander ( S.A.M. # 136 )
Lynn Lesemann has been an active member of the Screen Actors Guild ( SAG ) for 38 years.
A Message from James Randi on his friend Carl Sagan. ( Short Video ) :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccReLF6M62Y

We found a rare photo.


Mark Wilson and John Alexander
Old Tucson Movie Location Arizona
Tucson .1991 .
Photo by : Illusionist Tom Morello



James Alexander, Paul Harris and John Alexander
Tucson . 1989 .

Three Geniuses Of Show Business Magic At One Location.

Read This :http://www.geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php/Paul_Harris

So You Want To Go To Hollywood.



John Alexander arriving off the Greyhound Bus.
The loading zone at the corner of Hollywood and Vine
with the Capitol Record Building in the background.
Hollywood . June 1967 .
Only 48 years ago.

P.S. During the Summer of 1967.
David was 10 years old.
Lance was 7 years old.
He got John E. Alexander's autograph.
And Criss was 0 zero years old.
They have come a long way since 1967.



(c) John Alexander Photo
Duane Eddy and John Alexander
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Guitarist
Wackernheim Germany.
June 1968 .
Duane Eddy grew up in Tucson and Arizona. Lived on 8th Sreet in Tucson. This Duane Eddy song inspired Bruce Springsteen to write the song " Born To Run ".
" Because They're Young " 1960 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cklf5k10yLU&feature=related

Watch the video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9ncEps7B9A&feature=related

" Born To Run " :  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA

Just 40 years later. Watch This Video : This is How to Draw a Large Crowd using a Guitar. This is the young man from another Tucson Valley Ranch down the long and winding road : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os_HSgERhE8&feature=related
Do you want to see another one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhRu9yzlTRI&NR=1

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(c) John Alexander Photo
John E. Alexander, Harry Blackstone Jr. and Unknown.
back row : Unknown and John Alexander.
Tucson . 1978 .

Blackstone's " The Floating Lightbulb " : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksXbsFzdzFY

We found another photo from Las Vegas.



John Alexander, Siegfried and Irene Larsen ( Magic Castle )

Watching a new illusion invention
Las Vegas . 1983 .

Johnny Cash and Lynn Lesemann

During filming the movie " A Gunfight " with Kirk Douglas
Old Tucson Movie Location Arizona . 1971 .



Lynn Lesemann and Rod Taylor

While filming " Powderkeg " the first of the TV series
" The Bearcats ".
Mescal Arizona . 1971 .
Rod Taylor starred in many films.
" The Birds ", " The Time Machine ",
" Sunday In New York " and " The Glass Bottom Boat ".



(c) John Alexander Photo
The Grand Canary Island Escape . 1969 .

A short list ( in alphabetical order ) of Magicians
John Alexander talked to in the last 50 years.
He said he learned something from every one of them.

Michael Ammar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptGQb7NQp0w&feature=related
Jerry Andrus ( Linking Pins )
Joe Berg ( Atomic Deck )
Harry Blackstone Jr. ( He went to school in Tucson )
Harry Blackstone Sr. ( He spent the Winters in Tucson )
Walter " Zaney " Blaney
John Booth
Eugene Burger
Francis Carlyle
David Copperfield http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCA1MWFtlBs&feature=related
Same illusion outside : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFFy17w37M
John Cornelius
Joe Cossari
" The Senator " Clarke Crandall ( Host at The Magic Castle )
Gary Darwin ( Magic Museum )
Danny Dew
Paul Diamond ( Mr. Humble )
Joe Duperre ( Mister Showmanship Of Magic ) I.B.M. Ring # 172 named for him.
Bert Easley
Michael Finney http://www.michaelfinney.com/
Shintaro Fujiyama ( Japan ) Watch This Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u23vorvSnXU
Arnold Furst
David Ginn
Petrick Gold and Mia
Eddy Golden
Albert Goshman
Jimmy Grippo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJvzAe2i2U4
Alan Hale Jr. ( The Skipper on Gilligan's Island )
Paul Harris
Abraham Hurwitz
Larry Jennings http://www.larryjennings.com/jennings_biography.htm
Fred Kelly http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2517591/i_love_to_go_swimmin_with_wimmin/
Andre' Kole http://www.andrekole.org/media.htm
Al Koran ( England )
Stan Kramien
Carl Langdon
Bill Larsen Jr. ( The Magic Castle )
Eric Lewis ( England )
Martin Lewis ( England )
Sheri Lewis ( and Lamb Chop ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdtlW-70tVM
Chung Lu
Jay Marshall
Max Maven
Charlie Miller
Muhammad Ali
Hank Morehouse
Tom Morello
Johnny Paul http://geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/Johnny_Paul
Channing Pollock ( Doves ) http://www.livevideo.com/video/6D9896C24E5E4531AEC813A9080E29B7/channing-pollock-magic-act.aspx
Len O. Gunn ( Drive down Hollywood Blvd. with Blindfold on )
James Randi : Space Station : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EgJBQiiqoM
Allan Rasco http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88QKlSh8LMU
Bob Read ( England ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eVEWJtwE_M
George Sands ( Best Rope Tricks )
Rod Serling ( Twilight Zone ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzlG28B-R8Y
Shimada http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkAAC-Jd2Cc
John Shryock http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnE9imOLeyM&feature=related
Siegfried and Roy
Tony Slydini
Dan Stapleton
John Strong ( World's Largest Sideshow )
Johnny Thompson ( The Great Tomsoni ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvWxg6IfBhs
Dai Vernon (invented this) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bhw-NAhN9OI&list=UUNNC3jS8KNbSX0Z_-B9KRTA
Ray Webb ( In Tucson explained mathematics to Frank Borman so he could fly to the Moon in 1968 ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=441GuDVA188
Short Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzCsDVfPQqk&feature=related
Irv Weiner " Mr. Fingers "
Mark Wilson
Jimmy Yoshida ( Hawaii ) Watch video : http://www.khon2.com/news/local/story/Hawaiis-Godfather-of-Magic-dies/e5VuboFpC0mV6LWVBboqpw.cspx
Brad Zinn http://www.bradzinn.net/Brad%20Zinn~bio_awards.htm
Dick and Diana Zimmerman

So far we have found 74 Magicians.

Johnny Paul and Bill Larsen Jr. shuffling the cards behind
John E. Alexander. Las Vegas . 1983 .



(c) John Alexander Photo

GMHRAZ Base Jump 1980 No Wind 3,200 Feet ( Base Jumps From El Capitan, Glacier Point And Within Yosemite Park Are Now Illegal ) Do Not Sit On The Edge, as this person is doing. It is a 21 - 25 seconds of time drop altitude. Just slowly count to 24 and you still are not to the bottom. This will show you how high it is.
John Alexander is in the photo.
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Steve Wampler gets to the top of
3,000 foot El Capitan at Yosemite.
September 17. 2010
The News Video : http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/american-heart-rock-climbing-cerebral-palsy-inspiration-children-david-muir-11649349
Short Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIlq1cA_Ngg&feature=related

Short Video # 2 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuvprzqaNU4&feature=related

The Top
Short Video # 3 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9jkW9XbRUw



(c) John Alexander Photo
Sailing the 45 foot Catamaran off Honolulu near the old
Jet Ferry to Maui. 1976 . Click on the photo to see the
Jet Ferry up out of the water at 45 miles per hour.

The Catamaran in 1997 ( Full Screen ) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I

(c) John Alexander Photo

They went back to the Island of Lanai.
Click on the photo to see the water.

The road to the pineapple fields ( Full Screen ) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egx7HEEfzmk

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James Alexander and Al Marsh ( at 68 years old )
Tucson . 1958 .

 

Magician Hypnotist Arnold Furst with his new book on Hypnotism.
Selling it to John Alexander at the John E. Alexander Magic Shop.
Tucson Arizona .1978 .

John Alexander in the 7 foot 35 mile per hour
fiberglass boat he and his brother James built.
This photo taken when he was 10 years old at
Canyon Lake Arizona in 1958.
You can see the Dog loved it.
The secret of the flat bottom boat.
At high speed only 18 inches of the back of the boat
was touching the water.

The same boat with steering wheel at Kinsley Lake South
of Tucson 1959. 35 years later ( 1995 ) the film " Boys On
The Side " was filmed there at the Steer Head Bar with
Whoopi Goldberg and Drew Barrymore.
Lynn Lesemann appeared in the film.
The lake is no longer there.

Southeastern Kenya.
(c) 1970 Photo by John Alexander.


.A Few Films Made Near The Ranch :..John Wayne and Ricky NelsonFilmed in the valley to the North just 50 years ago : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh-Fx9j8zNU&feature=related..Director John Huston.Paul Newman and the bear. In 1972 everyone on the set had to kiss the bear while the bear was standing on his back feet. You put a tootsie roll in your mouth and the bear took it out getting slime all over your face : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJRumwS_SYQ&feature=related..Classic Scene in " The Westerner " withWalter Brennan and 500 cattle. To the East of the Ranch 1940 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5uNAw9zwlg..A good view of Golden Gate Mountain 1959 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW7H1bnejB4&feature=related..John Wayne and Maureen O'hara in Mclintock 1963.This was filmed near the Gunsight Ranch 45 years ago : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFhu7Jq9Tr0&feature=related..Neil working with Director Sergio Leone in 1973 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oh9gfIoRmoc&feature=related..This movie was filmed down the road from theGunsight Ranch in 1986. A Classic Scene : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HdlYVKBUVE...This movie was filmed down the road in 1993.Notice Golden Gate Mountain in the background.This is the same mountain behind Doctor I. KillumMedicine Wagon photo above in 1947. And thesteam engine # 11 named " The Reno " has beenin 30 films. Now their statues are located outsidethe present day Tucson Arizona train station128 years later : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMgp97cODCA...Famous around the World ? The Song : http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=JP&hl=ja&v=mx1RGI3DeDY&fmt=18..Forrest Tucker seen in this video fighting in thedust with Gary Cooper ( at 2:18 seconds ) in" The Westerner " 1940, was at theGunsight Ranch many times. The two runninghorses ( at 26 seconds ) were filmed just Eastof the ranch :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCgHLXsxCeY&feature=related..Filmed just East of the Gunsight Ranch :Gary Cooper made the film " The Westerner "here in 1940. Watch him ride a horse. Noticethe Clouds. This is Horse Country : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUpnlbYZnvk&feature=PlayList&p=DBB03BEA454C5D5F&index=3.slydinidai vernon



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John Alexander top of the Eiffel Tower Paris with the
Arc de Triomphe to the left.
Paris. 1969 .



Testing in the Desert 30 acres of pure dust. 1969 .
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NASA : http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/main/index.html

John Alexander with the map. A convoy across the frozen
mud plains of Bavaria Southern Germany at 25 degrees F.
Germany. 1970 .
Frozen Mud Is Great.

Transporting the Space Shuttle " Columbia ". 1987.

4.90 Miles Per Second In Eight Minutes.
Watch on the Big Screen.
The 1980's : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFks9A9TCF0

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The Space Shuttle Columbia. 1987 .

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The Space Shuttle Columbia in the tree. 1987 .

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Apollo 11 Project. Grand Canary Island, Spain. 1969
Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins are in the building to
the right. Photos of the Astronauts were not
permitted. First Men to walk on the Moon.

Alexander was there. Watch the Saturn V Rocket

Launch July 1969 : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGNryrsT7OI&NR=1

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John Alexander above his favorite fishing village at the South
end of the Grand Canary Island Spain. 1969 .
Notice there are no trees.



The Films in Arizona.
At The Same Arizona Railroad Station.

Ann-Margret film, with Arnold the Governor,

made near the Gunsight Ranch in 1979.

( One Minute Video ) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_MwgN-KRqU
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Ann-Margret and Kirk Douglas.
Watch the Stuntman :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAZK58xmcpE&feature=related

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This is a short list of Films made near the Gunsight Ranch.
More than 75 films have been made in the area.

Transformers 2 (2008)Day of Redemption (2003)DreamKeeper (2003)Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002)Groom Lake (2002)Trigon: The Legend of Pelgidium (2002)Wormwood (2001)Perdita Durango (1997)Tun Cup (1996)Boys on the Side (1995)Hard Bounty (1995)The Quick and the Dead (1995)Anytime (1994)Terminal Velocity (1994)Tombstone (1993)Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991)El Diablo (1990, TV)Fire Birds (1990)Jesse (1988, TV)Love Among Thieves (1987, TV)White of the Eye (1987)¡Three Amigos! (1986)Cannonball Run II (1984)Kidco (1984)Revenge of the Nerds (1984)The Cannonball Run (1981)Tom Horn (1980)The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)Lonesome Cowboys (1968)The Mini-Skirt Mob (1968)El Dorado (1967)Hombre (1967)Arizona Raiders (1965)McLintock! (1963)How the West Was Won (1962)The Badlanders (1958)Buchanan Rides Alone (1958)Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)Westward the Women (1951)Broken Arrow (1950)Red River (1948)Unusual Occupations (1947)Roaming Through Arizona (1944)Billy the Kid (1941)Arizona (1940)The Mysterious Rider (1938)

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