![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Filled with historical references that evoke the excesses and enthusiasm of postwar, pre-Depression America, Carter Beats the Devil is the complex and illuminating story of one man's journey through a magical - and sometimes dangerous - world, where illusion is everything, and everything is illusory. His thrilling act involves outrageous stunts carried out on elaborate sets before the most demanding audiences.īut the most outrageous stunt of all stars none other than President Warren Harding and ends up nearly costing Carter the reputation he worked so hard to create. ![]() But in 1920s America the stakes are growing higher, as technology and the cinema challenge the allure of magic and Carters stunts become increasingly audacious. Fueled by a passion for magic that grew out of desperation and loneliness, Carter has become a legend in his own time. Charles Carter, dubbed Carter the Great by Houdini himself, was born into privilege but became a magician out of need: only when dazzling an audience can he defeat his fear of loneliness. Carter the Great - a young master performer whose skill as an illusionist exceeds even that of the great Houdini. Not just the kind performed in theaters and on stages across the country, but the magic of technology, science, and prosperity. America in the 1920s was a nation obsessed with magic. ![]()
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