The Magic Castle - Hollywood, CA

This is a Scene taken from the 1974 Television Show THE MAGICIAN starring late actor Bill Bixby. The exterior shots are of the actual Magic Castle in Hollywood, the rest is all Hollywood Set Magic. The Interior sets were built to emulate the Magic Castle in Hollywood. Rare video glimpse of late Magician Dai Vernon for a few seconds, performing at the front bar.

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Entertainment

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• Dai
• Vernon
• Magic
• Castle
• Bill
• Bixby
• Anthony
• Blake
• The
• Magician

[diuga1]

Where is it located at?

I've lived in Hollywood a few years back (around the Chinese Theatre)

[californiamagician]

It is located directly behind the Chinese Theatre,

on Franklin Ave, about two blocks north.

[jigglypuff988]

omg that was the professor Dai vernon!!!!

[californiamagician]

Yes jigglypuff, good eye, Dai Vernon himself!

I firmly believe his spirit actually inhabits

the Magic Castle!

[californiamagician]

The first time is STILL the best,

but uh, just out of curiosity....

what is the gazillionth time like?

[laffitaffi995]

i am goin there tomorrow

[californiamagician]

The First time is always the Best!

[peppermints666]

vernon said: its all in the power of the mystic wand :D

[williamiwu]

yes that was Dai Vernon, and when I went there I sat in the seat that he sat in when he would practice.

[OOOO191]

Was that dai vernon lol

[diarci]

When the Castle opened, Jay was the bartender and Resident Magician. He liveed upstairs in what was later the Dining Room. Dai Vernon (who Jay idolized) followed as did Al Goshman.

[davidmagician4]

Funny thing is that when the castle first opened in 1963 and they invited Jay Ose and Dai Vernon to be the resident magicians at the castle, they actually did live in the tower until several years later Dai rented an apartment nearby and jay Ose passed away. I wish I were around in those days-with regular hangouts like Harry Blackstone, Dai Vernon, Charlie Miller, Dai's student Larry Jennings, Jay ose, andwhen it was run by Bill larsen-that was golden age of magic & the magic castle

[AmazingArends]

It may seem like that on YouTube, but IRL magicians are still pretty rare (compared to, say, amateur musicians).

[AmazingArends]

I try to be my own one-man magic castle LOL!