The Fabulous Fraud.

Duration: 10 min.

Year Published: 1948

Format: 35mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Copyright: 1Sep48 L1794, renewed 8Sep75 R613430 Renewal claimant: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc Original author: Loew’s, Inc. 908 ft

Description: This film describes the life of Franz Anton Mesmer, late eighteenth-century Austrian physician who, while practicing as a charlatan in Paris, discovers the power of hypnotism. After his science falls into disrepute, he dies in exile, not knowing the value of his research.

Complete Record: THE FABULOUS FRAUD. Loew's Inc., c1948. 10 min., sd., b&w, 35mm. (John Nesbitt's Passing Parade) An MGM picture. Summary: This film describes the life of Franz Anton Mesmer, late eighteenth-century Austrian physician who, while practicing as a charlatan in Paris, discovers the power of hypnotism. After his science falls into disrepute, he dies in exile, not knowing the value of his research. Credits: Producer, Herbert Moulton; director, Edward Cahn; written and narrated by John Nesbitt; music score, Robert Franklyn; film editor, Conrad A. Nervig. Cast: John Baragrey, Phyllis Morris, Marcia Mae Jones, Morris Ankrum. © Loew's Inc.; 1Sep48; LP1794.