Word: magicians
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...MAGICIAN AND OTHER STORIES (271 pp.)-Bruno Frank-Viking...
...these characteristics are present in The Magician. The title story is about a world-famed theatrical producer who does not realize how thin his life has become until he stumbles on two of his servants making love and lustily gorging their bellies on the leftovers from one of his dinner parties. The Suitcase is about a traveling salesman who finds himself in a hotel room with an unknown woman's overnight case -which he unpacks, and loses himself in a wistful fantasy of romantic love. The Moon Watch is about a simple Moroccan Negro, who, when transplanted to Vienna...
Lloyd S. Gilmour '50, an amateur magician, will undertake the most difficult assignment in his career as an entertainer when he dons his ghoulish garbs tomorrow and tours the metropolitan area to whip up Hallowe'en excitement for settlement house boys and girls...
Other undergraduates who will perform are William F. Haase, Jr. '47, musician and co-chairman of the Speakers Committee; Lynn W. Eley '50, also a musician; Robert C. Seaver '50, magician; Shephard C. Ginandes '48, community singing director, who has entertained at veterans' hospitals here under sponsorship of PBH; Marshall Goldberg '50; and Barry Golomb '46, magicians...
Like Leahy, 180-lb. Johnny Lujack is a perfectionist. Every fake has to be a magician's maneuver. He knows the blocking variations of every basic Leahy play-not only for himself but for every man on the team-and frequently refreshes a forgetful player's memory in the huddle. An expert field general, he clicks with typical Leahy strategies: calling running plays in passing situations...