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These days marked the heyday of variety, but with the Hollywood spectaculars and the opulence of the super cinema, by the thirties, the loyalty of those who had been the mainstays of variety was waning and the death throes of variety were beginning. There was still magic. Cardini, one of the greatest mime-manipulators of all time, continued to lead the procession of good magicians. He had travelled the hard way before there came that worldwide success, from which the innumerable would be imitators who never reached the magical heights of the original.
The Second World War came, and with it the inevitable demand for entertainment. Such entertainment acted as a lifesaver to all those capable of bringing laughter joy and mystification into a troubled world. It was a temporary shot in the arm, but once again the public had the chance to see something new in magic. Making just as big a hit as Cardini had done in the thirties was Channing Pollock with his superb dove act in the fifties, and, just as had been the case with Cardini, imitators sprang up throughout the world.
There, too, was the greatest magical extravaganza seen since the days of Chung Ling Soo, presented by Kalanag, with his own magical revue.
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