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John Calvert Question and Answer Session Aug 6

With Phillip Morris as Master of Ceremonies

John Calvert Falcon Promotional Picture

The 2011 Abbott Get Together is proud to announce that it will host John Calvert and Tammy as their guests August 3,4,5,6,2011. John Calvert is truly a legend of legerdemain and will be celebrating his 100 birthday on August 5th. His career has spanned decades and he has traveled the world in his own planes, yachts and motor homes. This fantastic personality truly represents the entire world of magic. His appearances in thousands of shows with tons of props, numerous assistants, not including his career as a movie star, is an inspiration to young and old. If his health permits John will perform for us, but the most important thing for those attending the Get Together will be the pleasure of seeing and sharing friendship with a true icon of magic. John Calvert is not only representative of a life of magic but feels that life itself is magic.

On Aug 6th we have scheduled a question and answer session with John Calvert for our registered Get Together guests. We feel this question and answer time will allow us a glimpse into his 100 years of yesterdays. We will be in the presence of a world traveler, transoceanic yachtsman, big game hunter, marksman, hypnotist, pickpocket, daredevil, actor, producer, musician, pilot, escape artist, publicist, and raconteur who has endured plane crashes, being lost at sea, and far too numerous life threatening events. You may want to know about some of Johns friends that are listed below. Just ask and he will answer. He knows them well and has worked with many of them.


BUD ABBOTT
PERCY ABBOTT
FRED ASTAIRE
BUDDY BAER
MAX BAER
JOHN BARRYMORE
LIONEL BARRYMORE
EDGAR BERGEN
MILTON BERLE
HARRY BLACKSTONE
MacDONALD BURCH
LORING CAMPBELL
EDDIE CANTOR
DAVID CARRADINE
JOHN CARRADINE
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
BEN CHAVEZ
JOAN CRAWFORD
TOM CONWAY
GARY COOPER
ANN CORNELL
LOU COSTELLO
JOSEPH COTTON
CATHERINE CRAIG
BING CROSBY
BOB CROSBY
DANTE
BETTE DAVIS
DORIS DAY
YVONE De CARLO
MARLENE DIETRICH
RICHARD DIX
ALBERT DEKKER
JIMMY DURANTE
ERROL FLYNN
KARRELL FOX
CLARK GABLE
JUDY GARLAND
WALTER GIBSON
CARY GRANT
BETTY GRABLE
STUART GRANGER
JACK GWYNNE
JON HALL
ROBERT HARBIN
OLIVER HARDY
STERLING HAYDEN
RITA HAYWORTH
VAN HEFLIN
KATHERINE HEPBURN
RICHARD HIMBER
ROCHELLE HUDSON
BETTY HUTTON
BOB HOPE
AL JOLSON
TEN KAI
KALANAG
ROSCOE KARNS
DANNY KAYE
GENE KELLY
LESTER LAKE
HEDY LAMAR
LASH LARUE
STAN LAUREL
HAROLD LLOYD
MYRNA LOY
MAX MALINI
JAYNE MANSFIELD
FREDRICK MARCH
MARX BROTHERS
JASPER MASKELYNE
VIRGINIA MAYO
ROBERT MITCHUM
FRANK MORGAN
RALPH MORGAN
CHESTER MORRIS
BILL NEFF
PAUL NEWMAN
DONALD O'CONNOR
JACK PALANCE
MARY PICKFORD
DICK POWELL
BASIL RATHBONE
GEORGE RAFT
RONALD REAGAN
WILL ROCK
BUDDY ROGERS
GINGER ROGERS
ROY ROGERS
MICKEY ROONEY
JANE RUSSEL
GEORGE SANDERS
FRANK SINATRA
RED SKELTON
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
LYLE TALBOT
HARLAN TARBELL
SHIRLEY TEMPLE
HOWARD THURSTON
LANA TURNER
DAI VERNON
JACK WEBB
JOHNNY WEISSMULLER
ORSON WELLS
ESTER WILLIAMS
WILLARD the WIZARD
COBINA WRIGHT




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