The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle

[CordedTires]

It's amazing how much pleasure there is in starting to learn something new. Even for us old people.

Turner Classic Movies had Cincinnati Kid on a couple nights ago and afterwards they showed this short short "The Cincinnati Kid Plays According to Hoyle" with Jay Ose, a magician who advised on the film.

Anyway, he does a few tricks and there I am saying to my husband (having made it through all of a third of Erdnase) "ooh! I know how he did that!"

Anybody see this? It's listed on imdb but I couldn't find it on YouTube. And was this guy famous or just a movie guy?

[Don Boyer]

He's a legit magician.  http://www.geniimagazine.com/magicpedia/Jay_Ose

He was one of the first resident magicians at Los Angeles' Magic Castle, and he passed away two months after completing that film.  If you search Google, there's a fair amount of information on him, including clips on YouTube.

[CordedTires]

That link you posted, Don, has a clip of most of the short.

Can anyone make out what the deck is? Maybe rider backs?

[Don Boyer]

That link you posted, Don, has a clip of most of the short.

Can anyone make out what the deck is? Maybe rider backs?

It's a pack of Hoyle "Shellbacks", made back when Hoyle was still independent of USPC.