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The only film record of Chung Ling Soo that exists today shows him greeting World War I veterans at a 1915 benefit performance.
A magician inspired by Chung Ling Soo appears briefly in The Prestige. In an early scene, John Cutter (Michael Caine) challenges his assistants to figure out how Soo does his trick where he appears to magically summon a fishbowl. After watching him, Borden (Christian Bale) deduces that Soo carries the fishbowl between his legs where it is hidden by his skirt. However, the real trick is how Soo pretends to be crippled so the audience never suspects the obvious.
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