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...spite of all his talents he was born to be a Geek. Stan is one of the most wholehearted and resourceful heels yet to leave a print on the U.S. screen. He climbs a ladder made of ladies. Rung No. 1 is Zeena (Joan Blondell), the midway's mentalist. He plays cozy with her just long enough to swipe a pseudo-telepathic formula through which he can graduate to the big time. No. 2 is a luscious, loyal dimwit named Molly (Coleen Gray), whom he marries. No. 3 is Lilith (Helen Walker), a pseudo-psychiatrist who outsmarts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Nov. 3, 1947 | 11/3/1947 | See Source »

...Christian Beacon, funda mentalist weekly, a hue & cry arose, startled the Navy Department into reviewing the Gatlin case. Chaplain Gatlin was invited back, put under the district chaplain of the Third Naval District (New York, Connecticut, part of New Jersey), who told him to "follow the leadership of the Lord" in his duties...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Gatlin Back | 9/11/1944 | See Source »

...Mentalist" Joseph Dunninger, who can be reached through Frances Rockefeller King of the NBC's Artists' Bureau at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York City, has under lock & key messages left with him not only by Edison, but by Conan Doyle and Harry Houdini, who said they would try to communicate them to the living after they died. Anyone who receives the message through spiritualistic communication which tallies with the one Edison left can win $10,000 from Mr. Dunninger and the Universal Council for Psychic Research, of which he is chairman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 26, 1937 | 4/26/1937 | See Source »

Konradi Leitner, famous Bavariah psychologist, mentalist, hypnotist, and mind reader, in a recent interview with a CRIMSON reporter, explained his method of transferring thoughts by giving the concrete explanation of reading the reporter's mind...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REPORTER THINKS "COME BACK", MIND READER OBEYS | 2/21/1924 | See Source »

Yesterday afternoon Mr. L. C. Greenough, known as "Nero the Mentalist", gave a demonstration of his remarkable ability at handling figures before Professor Boring's psychology class. Among his feats are the committing to memory of a series of 12 figures after viewing them for two seconds, ability to tell within 20 seconds the day of the week of any date in history, and ability to square or cube mentally any number up to 100. Mr. Greenough, who has travelled all over the country showing his talent, has secured a long list of endorsements for his work, including the signatures...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mental Wizard Gives Demonstration | 4/24/1923 | See Source »

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