Comments on: The Esoteric Walford Bodie, “MD”

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By: jim cain

jim cain — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:18:21 +0000

Congratulations on your article, which provides an excellent account of the great Scottish showman, Walford Bodie, and his on-stage performances. Walford Bodie was one of the world’s best known, and highest paid entertainers, and was described as such by the New York Times, in 1910, when they spoke of his London court trial, which Bodie commandeered for his own self promotion and benefit. He was later to publish quite a famous poster covering the event. Both Charlie Chaplin and Harry Houdini could be considered to be proteges of Walford Bodie.
Houdini became a life-long friend, while Chaplin was known to imitate Bodie, on-stage in London in 1906, and as late as the 1930’s. A minor correction, and an addition to your very fine article: Bodie and his troupe were on the way back from India in 1916, when his ship, The Arabia, was torpedoed and sank in the Mediterranean. He was later taken to Malta, and re-united with his wife. Bodie also published three books, the earliest of which you have not mentioned. It is a wonderful little piece of work called “Stage Stories”, and is a fine piece of history, in that it covers the early life and exploits of the great man as he travelled around Northern Scotland, performing his popular Walford Bodie Show, in company with his very talented wife, and co-performer, Jeannie Bodie (nee Henry). Jeannie had a number of sisters, including the talented Marie (Mystic Marie), Isabella (La Belle Electra) and Kittie (a noted singer and pianist), and a brother, Willie, who were part of the show. Others sisters included
Maggie Saunders, who was later to become a well-known actress in Pantomime, in both the Gaiety Theatre and in Rothesay, and Ellen, who was later to become the mother of the famous Scottish actress and comedienne, Helen Norman. Walford Bodie was much more than just a mere hypnotist or conjurer. Regardless of what may be said about him, or his hypnotic act, and how it was carried out, using electrical gimmickry and the like, he was a giant of the British stage in the first decade of the twentieth century. Bodie claimed to be the “World’s Greatest Showman”.
Chaplin or Houdini would not doubt that. Very few true historians would. The record speaks for itself. Scotland should be proud of Walford Bodie.

By: Ellie

Ellie — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:05:38 +0000

Thanks for the comment, Graham. LOL. It does apply to some hypnotists out there, I will grant you, but check out the 10 Questions for hypnotist that runs on Fridays. You will fund some really wonderful hypnotist there. Heck just be a regular to the blog and you will see that there are some valid people out there (just as there are valid self-improvement enterprises).