From
Perfect Magic:
Le Grand Marcis, Maurice Choquette, was one of these people. He had a
little magic shop on de Bienville when we met him and he gave weekly
magic courses and had a great following. We were friends with him and he
was kind enough to translate many of the popular card tricks for us
when we first went into business. I have a copy of Wild Card ”Les
cartes “frimées” which he did for us “Traduction et adaptation
française faite par “Le Grand Marcis” 1977 and many others as well.
also:
It would be great if his students could write in and provide us with
information about him, anecdotes, when he started, when and where he
moved his shop to. I think it was Park Avenue. If you were a student of
his, let us know. Maybe you should have a reunion. Let’s hear from you.
let’s get a little history going here, and if you want to write it in
French, ça va!
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