Frank Scully

Francis Joseph Xavier Scully; (April 28 1892 – June 23 1964)[1][4] was an American journalist, author, humorist, and a regular columnist for the entertainment trade magazine Variety.

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)28 April 1892
New York City, U.S.
Died23 June 1964(1964-06-23) (aged 72)[1]
Palm Springs, California, U.S.
Resting placeDesert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California[2]
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, ufologist
Employer(s)The Sun, Variety
SpouseAlice Scully (1909–1996;[3] his death) (married 1930)
AwardsKnight of the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1956[4]

Career

Scully studied journalism at Columbia University, was on the reporting staff at The New York Sun, and was a contributor to Variety.[5] His authored books include Rogue's Gallery[6] and Fun In Bed: The Convalescent's Handbook.[7] Scully received a screenwriting credit for the American version of the film Une fée... pas comme les autres (The Secret of Magic Island).[8]

Scully publicized the Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax when, in 1949, he authored two columns in Variety claiming that dead extraterrestrial beings were recovered from a flying saucer crash.[9][10][11] 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."[12] In 1952 and 1956, True magazine published articles by San Francisco Chronicle reporter John Philip Cahn[13][14] that purported to expose Scully's sources as con artists who had hoaxed Scully.[15] Scully's 1963 book In Armour Bright also included material about alleged flying saucer crashes and dead extraterrestrials.[16]

Publications

Books
  • Scully, Frank (1932). Fun in Bed: The Convalescent's Handbook. Preface by Logan Clendening. New York: Simon & Schuster. OCLC 2430955.
  • —— (1934). More Fun in Bed: The Convalescent's Handbook. New York: Simon & Schuster. OCLC 2629757.
  • —— (1936). Bedside Manna: The Third Fun in Bed Book. New York: Simon & Schuster. OCLC 328577.
  • —— (1938). Just What the Doctor Ordered. Fun in Bed (Series Four). New York: Simon & Schuster. OCLC 3317354.
  • —— (1943). Rogues' Gallery: Profiles of My Eminent Contemporaries. Hollywood: Murray & Gee, Inc. OCLC 1661190.
  • —— (1950). Behind the Flying Saucers. New York: Henry Holt and Company. OCLC 1467735.
  • —— (1951). Blessed Mother Goose: Favorite Nursery Rhymes Retold for Today's Children. Illustrated by Keye Luke. New York: Greenberg. OCLC 6248166.
  • —— (1951). Blessed Mother Goose: Nursery Rhymes for Today's Children. Illustrated by Keye Luke. Hollywood: House-Warven. OCLC 27893933.
  • —— (1951). The Best of Fun in Bed. New York: Simon & Schuster. OCLC 687125.
  • —— (1955). Cross My Heart. New York: Greenberg. OCLC 2570206.
  • —— (1962). This Gay Knight: An Autobiography of a Modern Chevalier. Introduction by Dale Francis (1st ed.). Philadelphia: Chilton Co., Book Division. OCLC 1376376.
  • —— (1963). In Armour Bright: Cavalier Adventures of My Short Life Out of Bed. Introduction by Jack Paar (1st ed.). Philadelphia: Chilton Books. OCLC 1393335.

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 a 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 [Eastern section, 1942]. 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 (Motion picture) (in French). France/Italy: Cine del Duco, Del Duca Films.[17]

Archives

See also

Notes

    References
    1. "Frank Scully, Columnist, Dies; Defied Disabilities With Jests". The New York Times. 25 June 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. 3 December 1996. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
    4. Scully, Frank. "Frank Skully". CatholicAuthors.com. Retrieved 28 March 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 2022-03-04.
    6. "Rogue's Gallery (1972 edition)". Open Library. Internet Archives. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
    7. "Fun in bed; the convalescent's handbook". Internet Archive. Internet Archive. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
    8. "The Secret of Magic Island". TCM Turner Classic Movies. Turner Classic Movies, Inc. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
    9. Scully, Frank (12 October 1949). "One Flying Saucer Lands In New Mexico". Variety. New York.
    10. Scully, Frank (23 November 1949). "Flying Saucers Dismantled, Secrets May Be Lost". Variety. New York.
    11. "Variety (November 1949)". 1949.
    12. 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.
    13. Cahn, J.P. (September 1952). "The Flying Saucers and the Mysterious Little Men" (PDF). True. pp. 17–19, 102–112. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
    14. Cahn, J.P. (August 1956). "Flying Saucer Swindlers" (PDF). True. pp. 36–37, 69–72. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
    15. Bartholomew, Robert E.; Howard, George S. (1998). UFOs & Alien Contact: Two Centuries of Mystery. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. p. 193. ISBN 978-1-573-92200-5.
    16. 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.
    17. Une fée... pas comme les autres (1957) at IMDb
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