Max Malini (born Max Katz Breit ; 1875 – October 3, 1942) was a magician who at his peak performed for several US Presidents and at Buckingham Palace , receiving gifts from monarchs across Europe and Asia . Many magicians, such as Dai Vernon and Ricky Jay , have held him in high esteem for his skill and bold accomplishments.
19-554: [REDACTED] Look up मालिनी in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Malini may refer to: People [ edit ] Max Malini (1873–1942), magician Malini Awasthi , Indian folk singer Malini Fonseka (born 1947), Sri Lankan actress Malini Gaud , Indian politician Princess Malini Nobhadara (1885–1924) of Thailand Malini Rajurkar (1941-2023), Hindustani singer Malini Sharma , Indian model and actress Malini,
38-430: A chair. Frank Seiden Frank Seiden ( אפרים זײדען , Efraim Zeyden ) (July 20, 1860 – May 16, 1931), who sometimes went by the stage name Professor Seiden , was a professional magician, Badchen , vaudeville entertainer, barber, and Yiddish-language recording artist of the late 1800s and early 1900s. He recorded almost 200 Wax cylinder and 78-rpm releases for Columbia , Victor , and Berliner . Little
57-422: A heavy Yiddish accent, would often walk up to a celebrity and, unannounced, bite a button from their cuff and magically restore it. He would also borrow a gentleman's hat for a coin effect, where he would cover the coin and attempt to make it flip over. This he would fail to do, but would finish by lifting the hat to reveal a block of ice under the hat, barely large enough to fit. One of Malini's signature routines
76-569: A member of their production companies, such as Teeaness Film Co., founded in 1916. By the 1920s Seiden may have retired from entertainment. He listed his occupation on the 1920 census as "none". He died at the Montefiore Hospital on May 16, 1931. He was buried at Mount Carmel Cemetery . Seiden's wife Rachel (née Lack) was also born in Galicia. They were married in New York in 1883 and had
95-519: A number of children including Jacob (born 1884), Eva (born 1886), Amalia (born 1888), Annie (born 1890), and Joseph (born 1891 or 1892). In 1893, while Seiden was on tour in New Jersey , an accident with fire in the family apartment caused the death of Annie, then three years old. Of his children, Joseph Seiden became the most well known for his work in the Yiddish-language film industry, first as
114-490: A private show in his hotel room. He specialized in close-up magic, performing with coins and card magic . Malini was part of that rare breed of performer, the itinerant magician, and even rarer breed of magician in that he performed magic based on sleight of hand rather than large illusions. (It made traveling much easier.) His performance style was marked by great audacity. For instance, according to magician Paul Daniels in his show "The Magic of Max Malini," Max, speaking in
133-538: A self-titled character played by Sharma in the 2002 Indian film Raaz Malini (Tamil actress) , South Indian actress Places [ edit ] Mălini , commune in Suceava County, Romania Malini, Bulgaria , a village in Gabrovo Province, Bulgaria Malinipuri or Malini, a city gifted to Karna by Jarasandha In mythology [ edit ] Malini, an elephant-headed goddess associated with
152-586: Is known about Seiden's early life. He was born Efraim Seiden in Galicia , Austria-Hungary on July 20, 1860. His parents were Jacob and Clara (Chaje) Seiden. He emigrated to the United States in 1877. His first decade there is poorly documented, but he married his wife Rachel in November 1883 and became a naturalized citizen in 1886. During the 1880s and 1890s he often worked as a barber, opening various shops in
171-476: The Lower East Side on Ridge Street, Chrystie Street , and Willett Street. By the late 1880s Frank was increasingly known as an entertainer and magician. It is unclear when he started performing magical acts, but an 1889 advertisement calls him the "Prof. Seiden, Austrian Prestidigitateur (the pupil of old Hermann)." Herrmann presumably refers to Alexander Herrmann , one of the first modern magicians, who
190-518: The Seiden family relocated around the corner to the Willott Street Theater in the Lower East Side , which they ran until around 1915. He still performed during this time, as in the 1910 census he listed his occupation as vaudeville entertainer. Later in that decade, as his sons Jacob and Joseph became involved in silent film production (rather than mere exhibition), Frank had some involvement as
209-481: The birth of Ganesha Malini or Mālinī, a mythological river where the baby Shakuntala was left by her mother Malini, another name for Draupadi , wife of Pandavas during her incognito See also [ edit ] Maline (disambiguation) Malani (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Malini . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
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#1732859451705228-745: The first Jewish recording artists in the United States, alongside William Dory , Solomon Smulewitz , and a handful of other pioneers. As technology evolved, he started recording discs for Columbia , Edison , and Victor , and by the middle of the decade had recorded more than two hundred. He was in the very first round of foreign language performers ever released by Columbia Records. His output consisted of folk songs, Yiddish Theatre songs, comic scenes, and religiously-themed content, often with basic piano accompaniment. By 1905 Seiden had mostly moved on from music recording to running early Nickelodeon theaters. He applied his skills in vaudeville and singing to
247-515: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Malini&oldid=1230285716 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Max Malini Max Malini
266-565: The new medium; he would start the film and sing along with the show. The comedian George Burns worked in Frank's theater at 66 Columbia street in around 1905 and described it in his memoir as a noisy place where the adjacent Billiards hall often drowned out the act. Burns described how Frank, Joe and Jacob would narrate the dialogue in the films, first in English and then again later in Yiddish. After 1910
285-549: The time of his apprenticeship, Malini was often reduced to working in Seiden's restaurant or performing on street corners with him. Seiden is thought to have been present at the founding of the Society of American Magicians in New York in 1902. At the turn of the century Seiden became involved in the recording industry; in the 1900 census he listed his occupation as "phonograph dealer." In 1901 he made his first Wax cylinder recordings of Yiddish songs for Columbia, becoming one of
304-562: Was born in the small town of Ostrow on the borders of Russia and Austria . At a young age, he emigrated to the US with his Jewish family, settling in New York City . He studied juggling at age twelve, but under the tutelage of a fire-eater, ventriloquist, and magician, "Professor" Frank Seiden , Max began his studies of magic when he was fifteen. As he grew older, he began performing in bars. As his reputation grew, he would sell tickets to see
323-571: Was later invited to perform for Hanna and his associates, which ultimately led to Malini performing at the White House. Over his career, Malini met or performed for Warren G. Harding , Theodore Roosevelt , Al Capone , John D. Rockefeller , and European royalty. Malini referred to himself as the "Napoleon of Magic". He died in Honolulu, Hawaii , on October 3, 1942. He had been in poor health for some time and his last performances were done sitting in
342-499: Was living in New York city and Boston during this era. It is unclear if they had any actual relationship. Frank became known as a street magician, fire eater, Punch and Judy man, and ventriloquist. By the late 1880s, he was running a bar in the Bowery , and later another one in a Tenement building at 122 Attorney Street. He tutored Max Malini in magic and entertainment around 1887, who would go on to greater fame than Seiden. But at
361-493: Was the blindfold card stab, which operated as follows. On a table a pack of cards were mixed and swirled around by a lady from the audience. The audience would blindfold Max with handkerchiefs. Malini then requested the name of a playing card, and when someone called out a card, he would stab a knife into the cards, then raise it up in the air, thereupon it was seen that he had impaled the correct card. After performing one of his tricks on Senator Mark Hanna without warning, Malini
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