CARTER THE GREAT

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21132, 6 April 1934, Page 16

CARTER THE GREAT

RADIANT THEATRE One of the sensational stunts on t.ht programme of Carter the Great, who is appearing with his company this week at the Radiant Theatre, is one wherein he essays to catch a marked bullet. He has perfected the trick to such a degree that he permits one of his assistants not only to catch the bullet, but apparently to suffer ths marked bullet to penetrate her abdomen. It is then caught by Carter on a platter behind the subject. To heighten the effect, a ribbon of scarlet hue is riveted to the bullet, which is marked by auditors, and the course of the bullet is graphically described by the ribbon entering the girl assistant's torso and afterwards played back and forth through the body by those in the audience who are courageous enough to make the trial. The ribbon is then severed from the bullet and the subject laughingly makes her exit. This is a particularly dangerous trick—or, it has proved such in numerous instances. Chung Lung Soo was killed in London by a mistake of an assistant in using a rusty rifle that clogged the mechanism which helped to work the trick successfully. Box plan and day sales are at the D.I.C.