Illusion Main Category
Long Description
Designer: The Great Leon
The Double Boxes were a precursor to today's "Backstage with a Magician" illusion. A table supported two empty boxes. The smaller box was placed inside the larger and covered on top with a wooden frame housing a piece of paper. Leon would fire a pistol and the assistant (Edythe Packard) would burst through the paper lid.1
Photo Credit: Mike Caveney, Magical Publications
SOURCES
[1] Caveney, Mike. The Great Leon. 1987. Pasadena: Magical Publications. p. 41