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1930-1939MYTHOLOGY/FAIRY TALES
parody of astrology and horoscope

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VARIOUS SCENES BEARDED MALE ASTROLOGER-FORTUNE TELLER, DRESSED IN ARABIAN NIGHTS COSTUME, (BE-
JEWELED TURBAN HEADWEAR, WHITE PLUME AT TOP, ARABIAN COSTUME) HOLDING MAST IN HAND, PROCEEDS IN TELLING ELDERLY IRISH-AMERICAN COUPLE, HOROSCOPE FOR MONTH OF OCTOBER, MONTH IRISH MAN WAS BORN. ASTROLOGY;
HOROSCOPE; FORTUNE TELLING
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ASTROLOGER SPEAKS DRAMATICALLY AND IN DEEP VOICE, "WOMEN BORN IN OCTOBER HAVE A GENEROUS SPIRIT, TEND TO LISTEN TO THE WOES OF OTHERS". "THEY ARE ALSO AGGRESSIVE, ENERGETIC AND HAVE POWERS OF INTUITION".
ELDERLY IRISHMAN IS UNIMPRESSED AS HE SITS AND LISTENS. ASTROLOGER CONTINUES: "THEY HAVE CLEVER MINDS AND NIMBLE FINGERS, MAKING THEM EXCELLENT PIANISTS AND TYPISTS."
01:01:19 79 thumbnail
ASTROLOGER DRAMATICALLY TURNS TO IRISHMAN SAYS, "MAN BORN IN OCTOBER SHOULD BE UNUSUALLY CAUTIOUS IN SELECTION OF THEIR WIVES". IRISHMAN RESPONDS SARCASTICALLY, "I SHOULD HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT 25 YEARS AGO" (IRISH BROGUE). WIFE MAKES FACIAL GESTURES OF CONTEMPT AT HIS REMARK.
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ASTROLOGER POINTS HIS MAST TO ZODIAC SIGN OF ARIES ON FLOOR CONTAINING OTHER SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC AND SAYS, "PEOPLE BORN IN OCTOBER OFTEN FIND THE MOST HAPPINESS WITH THOSE BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF ARIES, MARCH 21ST TO APRIL 20TH". HE GOES ON WITH OTHER PREDICTIONS AS HE POINTS TO OTHER SIGNS.
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ASTROLOGER CLAPS HANDS, TURBANED SERVANTS CARRY OUT A LARGE CRYSTAL BALL, PLACE IT ON SMALL TABLE IN CENTER OF ZODIAC ON FLOOR. IRISH COUPLE WATCH IN AWE.
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ASTROLOGER APPROACHES CRYSTAL BALL SAYS, "MOST OF GREATEST MUSIC MASTERS WERE BORN IN OCTOBER" "GAZE INTO THIS CRYSTAL AND YOU WILL BEHOLD A FEW OF THEM".
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CU VIEW OF CRYSTAL. FIGURE OF "FRANZ LIST WRITING MUSIC APPEARS ON CRYSTAL. "OCTOBER 17, 1811", SAYS PSYCHIC". IRISHMAN WATCHES IN AWE AS PSYCHIC CONTINUES, "GIUSEPPI VERDI BORN OCTOBER 10TH, 1813".
CU VERDI, WRITING MUSIC WITH QUILL, APPEARS IN CRYSTAL BALL. TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY.
01:05:32 332 thumbnail
ASTROLOGER TELLS MAN TO," LOOK INTO CRYSTAL, AND YOU WILL SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU ARE THINKING OF". CU ARABIC WOMAN DOING A BELLY DANCE APPEARS ON CRYSTAL BALL.
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BEFORE IRISH COUPLE LEAVE, THE WOMAN ASKS THE ASTRONOMER, "WILL YOU TELL ME ABOUT MY FATHER ?, "HE WAS BORN IN NOVEMBER". IN VERY DEEP VOICE ASTROLOGER SAYS, "PEOPLE BORN IN NOVEMBER." BEFORE HE CONTINUES, IRISH MAN ANGRILY SAYS, "NO YOU DON'T, I HAD ENOUGH OF THIS", PAY THE MAN, LETS GET BACK TO HOTEL FOR DINNER". AFTER FEW WORDS OF ARGUMENT, WOMAN PAYS ASTRONOMER, THEY LEAVE, ARGUING, (IRISH BROGUE).
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AS ASTROLOGER WRITES IN BOOK, HE SAYS "PEOPLE BORN IN NOVEMBER". STUFFED OWL ON TABLE.
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