The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam

I was happy yesterday to see a new entry from Jean Lukitsh on her Electric Shadows blog. That it concerned the world famous magician and vaudevillian Long Tack Sam was a pleasant surprise. Long's great-granddaughter Ann Marie Fleming has lovingly documented his life in a film and a graphic novel, both entitled The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam. Watching this clip easily convinced me that I've got to get the DVD, which is available here from the National Film Board of Canada.



Wow! I can't wait to watch the rest of the film. By the way, Long Tack Sam wasn't the only Chinese vaudevillian. Stay tuned in the coming weeks for an entry about the Princess Jue Quon Tai...