Word: stanleys
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...LITTLE MAN FROM BROOKLYN, by St. Clair McKelway. The incredible life of Stanley Clifford Weyman, who cracked the upper crust by posing at various times as U.S. Consul General to Algiers, a physician and a French naval officer...
Rudy Sent Me. How did Stanley do it? By dint of good old-fashioned cheating. Often an item in a newspaper served as his source of inspiration. He never altered his face; he merely changed his history and his costume. Then he proceeded to act, always seeming so trustworthy, so professionally knowledgeable that few would have dreamed of challenging...
During the preparations for the Valentino funeral in 1926, Stanley blew into the Hotel Ambassador carrying a little bag. He knocked at the suite of Valentino's bereaved lover, Pola Negri, told the maid he was a physician and introduced himself to Miss Negri as a close friend of Valentino's. "Rudy would have wanted me to take care of you, my dear," Miss Negri later reported his saying. "You are very thoughtful," she replied...
Indeed, so well did Stanley perform...
Unforgiving Foe. Stanley rarely pursued his imposture for personal gain or money. His was a relatively pure art. But his escapades brought him face to face with an unforgiving foe: society. He spent a good deal of time in prisons and mental hospitals as a parole violator and certified manic-depressive. But wardens and doctors, like everyone else who came in contact with him, were completely captivated...