User:Hydronium Hydroxide/sandbox/Carlton the Human Hairpin

Arthur Carlton Phelps (29 December 1880 - 28 June 1941), who performed under the stage name Carlton, the Human Hairpin^{[citation needed]} was Britain's leading comedy magician during the early 20th century.^[1]

Biography edit

Arthur Carlton Philps was born in Holloway, London on 29 December 1880 to Louise Harriet (née Hughes) and Arthur Dix Philps.^[2]

billed as the "Thinnest Conjuror Extant". https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Vj0HCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&dq=carlton+human+hairpin&source=bl&ots=hGgDGFmFBE&sig=THrvV06UBvowhuQCeC5aQMyHQBI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjvq66N8KXTAhWFwVQKHYhcCaw4ChDoAQg3MAQ#v=onepage&q=carlton%20human%20hairpin&f=false

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O84872/caricature-cooke-george-harold/

Key picture: http://search.slv.vic.gov.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=MAIN&search_scope=default_scope&docId=SLV_VOYAGER1168121&fn=permalink

originator of current common Die box sucker routine -- RS evidence???
illusion of making self taller (RS??) human telescope: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/49547/49547-h/images/i_192.jpg
Most popular magician of 1910 according to Zenon.

Strand Magazine 1915 - https://books.google.com.au/books?id=zptAAQAAMAAJ&dq=human+telescope+carlton&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=carlton - not on archive.org currently

Death -- alcoholism (RS?)

Fragmentary sources:

boxing -- https://books.google.com.au/books?id=fWJnAAAAMAAJ&q=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&dq=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjwk4_f96XTAhXMyFQKHcAUBiUQ6AEINTAE

https://books.google.com.au/books?id=ZKffAAAAMAAJ&q=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&dq=carlton+%22human+hairpin%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjM_9m8-KXTAhWrqlQKHZZyCCA4ChDoAQghMAA "Mommy I can see the wires" / "Shut up, dear, they aren't wires, they're his legs"

In 1920, he released his autobiography, 20 years of Spoof and Bluff^[3]

Review -- https://books.google.com.au/books?id=aJVGAQAAMAAJ&q=%22twenty+years+of+spoof+and+bluff%22&dq=%22twenty+years+of+spoof+and+bluff%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj1-ebhndzaAhXKwrwKHTCCC7YQ6AEIOTAD

Parker, John (1916). Who's Who in Theatre. Vol. 3. Pitman. p. 11.

By 1938, he was living in poverty in a basement flat in Clapham, and attempting to peddle seashells, which he had collected on a trip to Santa Catalina Island during his 1911 American tour, in London's West End Theatreland^[4]^[3]

He died on 28 June 1942, at the age of 61, in Surrey, England.^[5] The Magic Circle named their Carlton Award for best comedy magician after him. ^[1]

References edit

^ ^a ^b "The Carlton Award". Retrieved 28 April 2018.
^ Cite error: The named reference Who's Who 1916 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b Philps 1920.
^ ""'Human Hairpin' Loses Fortune"". Malaya Tribune. 21 September 1938. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
^ "The Final Curtain". The Billboard. July 28, 1942. p. 28.

Bibliography edit

Carlton (1920). 20 Years of Spoof and Bluff. Herbert Jenkins Ltd. Retrieved 28 April 2018.

[MagicCircle-1] "The Carlton Award". Retrieved 28 April 2018.

[Who's_Who_1916-2] Cite error: The named reference Who's Who 1916 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[FOOTNOTEPhilps1920-3] Philps 1920.

[MalayaTribune_1938-4] ""'Human Hairpin' Loses Fortune"". Malaya Tribune. 21 September 1938. Retrieved 28 April 2018.

[Billboard_1942-5] "The Final Curtain". The Billboard. July 28, 1942. p. 28.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]