Sawing in Half

30 entries in Illusions / Harmed & Healed / Sawing in Half
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Torrini Sawing a Woman in Half
1938
Greater Magic
978
P. T. Selbit A. Selbit's Version of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		1938
Greater Magic
980
Horace Goldin B. Horace Goldin's Version of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		1938
Greater Magic
982
C. Method Using One Girl of Sawing a Woman in Half
Variations 1938
Greater Magic
986
D. A Living Miracle - The Circular Saw Method of Sawing a Woman in Half
 		1938
Greater Magic
988
Gross Illusionen - Die zersägte Dame in der Kiste sawing a lady in half, followed by french translation "Les grandes illusions - La femme sciée dans une caisse"
 		May 1945
La Baguette Magique (Issue 3)
5
Milbourne Christopher Buzz Saw Illusion performance idea
 		Oct. 1947
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 5 No. 5)
359
Jean Hugard Horace Goldin's "Buzz"-Saw Illusion
Jan. 1949
Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 6 No. 8)
503
Eddie Turner Sawing A Woman, Plus humorous presentation for sawing a woman in half, blindfolded
 		1953
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1953)
34
Richard Bair Comedy Sawing Ending feet box starts to walk away
 		1962
Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1962)
59
Paul Curry Made Whole Again on sawing a person in half
 		1965
Magician's Magic
137
Sawing a Lady in Half fake legs method
 		1965
Magician's Magic
138
Sawing a Woman in Half
1972
Tarbell Course in Magic — Volume 7
336
Billy McComb Again "Sawing in Half"... Lengthwise...
1972
McComb's Magic — 25 Years Wiser
75
David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg The Pendulum Illusion ( Visible Sawing)
1973
The Oriental Magic of the Bambergs
224
Joseph Ovette Miss Boots sawing a lady in half, longitudinal
 		1974
The Conjurors' Book of Stage Illusions
23
P. T. Selbit, Sawing a Woman in Half several methods
 		1976
The Big Book of Magic
256
Tan Hock Chuan Sawing Balloons in Half
1977
The Magic of Tan Hock Chuan
33
Jack Hughes New Electric Sawing in Half electric jigsaw
 		1981
Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One
166
Jack Hughes Head Zopper electric jigsaw through head
 		1981
Jack Hughes World of Magic — Volume One
171
Terry Seabrooke Visible Sawing Through presentation for sawing through lady, cutting a wallpaper in half
 		1986
Seabrooke's Book
82
Alan Wakeling The Wakeling Sawing
  • The Wakeling Routine
  • A Lady Divided
  • The Secret
Variations 1993
The Magic of Alan Wakeling
253
Robert E. Neale 6. Matinée Magic
  • Matinée
  • Responses to Matinée
  • Sawing a Woman in Two
    • The Horrible Sawing
    • The Humorous Sawing
    • The Holy Sawing
  • Matinée Magic
Also published here 1995
Magic and Meaning
83
Jim Steinmeyer The Living Miracle
  • The Language of Illusion
 		July 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 7)
36
Tom Stone Wakeling-Jarrett Combo
Inspired by 2007
Plots, Spells & Typos
3
Jim Steinmeyer Long Division "The Return of Method C"
Inspired by 2009
Technique & Understanding
275
Robert E. Neale 6. Matinée Magic
  • Matinée
  • Responses to Matinée
  • Sawing a Woman in Two
    • The Horrible Sawing
    • The Humorous Sawing
    • The Holy Sawing
  • Matinée Magic
Also published here 2009
Magic and Meaning [Expanded]
83
Mike Caveney Dante's Sawing A Lady in Half discussion of the performance at the 1993 Los Angeles History Conference
 		2013
The Conference Illusions
27
Jonathan Pendragon Binary Thought
  • Panmagium
 		Jan. 2015
Genii (Vol. 78 No. 1)
28
Mike Caveney Sawing a Woman in Half: Shattered Friendships and All-Out War on the history of the sawing illusion
 		Dec. 2021
Genii (Vol. 84 No. 12)
16