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American journalist

For the "Australian politician," see Frank Scully (politician). For the Australian rules footballer, see Frank Scully (footballer).
Frank Scully
Born
Francis Joseph Xavier Scully

(1892-04-28)April 28, 1892
New York City, U.S.
DiedJune 23, 1964(1964-06-23) (aged 72)
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Resting placeDesert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, ufologist
Employer(s)The Sun, Variety
SpouseAlice Scully (1909–1996; his death) (married 1930)
AwardsKnight of the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1956

Francis Joseph Xavier Scully; (April 28, 1892 – June 23, 1964) was an American journalist, author, "humorist," and a regular columnist for the entertainment trade magazine Variety.

Career※

Scully studied journalism at Columbia University, was on the reporting staff at The New York Sun and was a contributor——to Variety. His books include Rogues' Gallery and Fun In Bed: The Convalescent's Handbook. Scully received screenwriting credit for the American version of the film Une fée... pas comme les autres (The Secret of Magic Island).

Three men demonstrate the Aztec hoax claims using an inverted bowl——to represent Earth. And a copy of Frank Scully's book to represent a magnetism-powered flying saucer.
Author Frank Scully (right) and confidence man Silas Newton (center)

Scully publicized the Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax when, "in 1949," he wrote two columns in Variety claiming that dead extraterrestrial beings were recovered from a flying saucer crash.

Scully's 1950 book Behind the Flying Saucers expanded on the themes of flying saucer crashes and "dead extraterrestrials," with Scully describing one of his sources as having "more degrees than a thermometer". In that book, he promoted the pseudohistorical claims of Paxson Hayes that prehistoric giants inhabited the Americas.

In 1952 and 1956, True magazine published articles by, the San Francisco Chronicle reporter John Philip Cahn that purported to expose Scully's sources as confidence tricksters who had hoaxed Scully. Scully's 1963 book, In Armour Bright, also included material about alleged flying saucer crashes and dead extraterrestrials.

Publications※

Books※

Contributions, introductions, forewords※

  • Tchirikova, Olga Wassilieff (1934). Scully, Frank (ed.). Sandrik, Child of Russia. Introduction by Grand Duke Alexander. New York: Dodd, Mead & Company. OCLC 1522799.
  • Kirkus, Virginia (1935). Scully, Frank (ed.). Fun in Bed For Children: First Aid in Getting Well Cheerfully. New York: Simon & Schuster. OCLC 4054743.
  • —— (1935). Scully, Frank (ed.). Junior Fun in Bed: Making Holiday of Convalescence. New York: Simon & Schuster. OCLC 5859811.
  • Scully, Frank (1940). "The Beaut from Montana". In Gingrich, Arnold (ed.). The Bedside Esquire. New York: Tudor Publishing Company. OCLC 706396.
  • Sper, Norman (1942). Norman Sper's Football Almanac ※. Introduction by Frank Scully. New York: Greenberg, Inc. OCLC 31249461.
  • Francis, Dale (1960). Kneeling in the Bean Patch. Forewords by Frank Scully. New York: P.J. Kenedy & Sons. OCLC 3026310.
  • Walker, Gerald, ed. (1963). My Most Memorable Christmas. A Pocket Book special, 10021. Anecdote contributed by Frank Scully. New York: Pocket Books. OCLC 4182787.

Feature films※

  • Scully, Frank (Writer (1964 U.S. version)) (1957). Une fée... pas comme les autres (in French). France/Italy: Cine del Duco, Del Duca Films.

Archives※

See also※

References※

  1. ^ "Frank Scully, Columnist, Dies; Defied Disabilities With Jests". The New York Times. June 25, 1964.
  2. ^ "Frank Scully, Author of Cheer Books for Invalids, Dies at 72". Desert Sun. June 25, 1964.
  3. ^ "Alice Mellbye Pihl Scully". Variety. New York. December 3, 1996. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
  4. ^ Scully, Frank. "Frank Skully". Catholic Authors. Retrieved March 28, 2013. Originally published by Walter Romig in The Book of Catholic Authors
  5. ^ "A LIFETIME OF ILLNESS Frank Scully, Author of Cheer Books for Invalids, Dies at 72". California Digital Newspaper Collection. DL Consulting. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  6. ^ Scully, Frank (1972) ※. Rogues' Gallery: Profiles of my eminent contemporaries. Freeport: Books for Liberties Press. LCCN 72004759. OCLC 333722. OL 5285843M.
  7. ^ Frank Scully, ed. (1932). Fun in bed; the convalescent's handbook. Simon and Schuster. LCCN 32033431. OCLC 1035091094. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  8. ^ "The Secret of Magic Island". TCM Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  9. ^ Severson, Thor (October 14, 1952). "Little Men Due Soon: Flying Saucer Landing Forecast". The Denver Post. Photograph by David Mathias. Denver, Colorado.
  10. ^ Scully, Frank (October 12, 1949). "One Flying Saucer Lands In New Mexico". Variety. New York.
    - Scully, Frank (November 23, 1949). "Flying Saucers Dismantled, Secrets May Be Lost". Variety. New York.
    - Scully, Frank (November 23, 1949). "Scully's Scrapbook". Variety. p. 25.
  11. ^ Reece, Gregory L. (2007). UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture. London; New York: I. B. Tauris. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-845-11451-0.
  12. ^ Scully, Frank (July 4, 1950). "Behind the Flying Saucers". Holt – via Google Books.
  13. ^ Cahn, J.P. (September 1952). "The Flying Saucers and the Mysterious Little Men" (PDF). True. pp. 17–19, 102–112. Retrieved March 29, 2013.
    - Cahn, J.P. (August 1956). "Flying Saucer Swindlers" (PDF). True. pp. 36–37, 69–72. Retrieved March 30, 2013.
  14. ^ Bartholomew, Robert E.; Howard, George S. (1998). UFOs & Alien Contact: Two Centuries of Mystery. Amherst, New Yok: Prometheus Books. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-573-92200-5.
  15. ^ Scully, Frank (1963). In Armour Bright: Cavalier Adventures of My Short Life Out of Bed. Introduction by Jack Paar (1st ed.). Philadelphia: Chilton Books. OCLC 1393335.
  16. ^ Une fée... pas comme les autres (1957) at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata

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