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6.6/10   14 votes
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Director:
Edward L. Cahn
Writer:
John Nesbitt (writer)
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Release Date:
28 August 1948 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Biography | Drama more
Plot:
The story of Dr. Anton Mesmer, the man who discoverd hypnotism. full summary | add synopsis
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Not So Mesmerizing more

Cast

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John Baragrey ... Anton Mesmer
Phyllis Morris ... Rich Woman
Marcia Mae Jones ... Blind Girl
Morris Ankrum ... Blind Girl's Father
John Nesbitt ... Narrator (voice)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Passing Parade No. 67: The Fabulous Fraud (USA) (series title)
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Runtime:
11 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

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Not So Mesmerizing, 20 September 2008
4/10
Author: Clay Loomis from Arroyo Grande, California

This short, loosely based on a very small portion of the life of Dr. Franz Mesmer, is short on style, substance, and running time. Actually, very few facts are related here, and the desultory manner in which they are conveyed do nothing to help this very short short.

While not exactly the inventor of hypnotism, his social impact was of such an extent that the word mesmerized is derived from his name. The Fabulous Fraud is not a well made, or acted, documentary short, but at a mercifully crisp 11 minute running time it's still pretty difficult to get up a head of angry before the thing is over.

Another one of the little "space filler" numbers run on TCM in the early morning hours, these shorts are still fun to watch strictly for the "What the hell is this?" oddness of it.

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