The Hypnotic Eye

Dave consults his psychiatrist friend Dr. Philip Hecht, who is an expert on hypnosis and disapproves of its use on the stage.

Dave, his girlfriend Marcia Blaine and her friend Dodie Wilson go to see the stage show of hypnotist Desmond.

Resentful, he asks “How many more?” and Justine replies “As long as there are faces like this.” She turns on Marcia's shower with scalding hot water and tells her to step into the "cool refreshment."

Dave and Dr. Hecht enter the apartment and stop this; Justine instructs Marcia to present her as an old school roommate and leaves.

Dave eventually finds a balloon with Desmond's hypnotic eye design on it which is given out at the show, in the purse of a woman who blinded herself.

Marcia, still hypnotized, returns to the show, where Desmond makes demonstrations of mass hypnosis and the power of suggestion.

Gil Boyne founded the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners and the Hypnotism Training Institute in Glendale, California.

Gil also performed live shows between screenings of the film at the opening at the Golden Gate Theater in San Francisco and went on a press tour to promote the movie appearing on numerous TV news and talk shows performing live hypnosis demonstrations.

[9]"Hypnomagic" was advertised on the posters as an "Amazing New Audience Thrill" and although new to film was a much more organic and time tested approach than 3D.

In the 1960s the Kodak film company took that scene and using a then cutting edge process made a lenticular photograph out of it.

The photograph was a little larger than a business card and used as a giveaway to buyers, to spotlight the new photo process that the Kodak company was promoting at the time.