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1939 film by Roy Rowland
Dark Magic (1939) is a shortcomedy film produced by Robert Benchley for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Benchley appears as Joe Doakes, who goes to a magic shop to see a magician perform magic tricks. Sharp-eyed viewers will recognize "Mr. Calypso", the magic demonstrator, as none other than sleight-of-hand master John Scarne.