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Svengali
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Svengali
[1931 film] Svengali (1931) is a drama/horror film starring John Barrymore, Marian Marsh, and Bramwell Fletcher, directed by Archie Mayo, written by J. Grubb Alexander, and released by Warner Brothers. It is based on the gothic horror novel Trilby (1894) by George du Maurier. The film was or... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svengali_(1931_film)
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svengali
[Noun] Controller or master figure. Example: Gucci is the svengali of fashion. Everyone wants to wear his designs.
Found op http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary/
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Svengali
Person who moulds another into a performer and masterminds his or her career. The original Svengali was a character in the novel Trilby (1894) by George Du Maurier. ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Svengali
noun the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby`s singing hypnotically Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Svengali
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Svengali
[album] Svengali is a live album by jazz composer, arranger, conductor and pianist Gil Evans, recorded in 1973 by Evans with a orchestra featuring Ted Dunbar, Howard Johnson, Herb Bushler, David Sanborn, Billy Harper, Richard Williams, Trevor Koehler, and Hannibal Marvin Peterson. The name o... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svengali_(album)
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Svengali
Svengali is a fictional character in George du Maurier`s 1894 novel Trilby. He is a hypnotist who makes the title character into a famous singer. The word "svengali", has come to be used as a common noun referring to a person who, with evil intent, controls another person by persuasion or deceit. T... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svengali
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Svengali
Person who moulds another into a performer and masterminds his or her career. The original Svengali was a character in the novel Trilby (1894) by George Du Maurier Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0024785.html
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Svengali
[musical] Svengali is a musical with a book and lyrics by Gregory Boyd and music by Frank Wildhorn. It is based on the 1894 novel Trilby by George du Maurier. The title character in this Gothic tale is a vocal coach who uses hypnotism to transform the tone-deaf Trilby into an acclaimed singe... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svengali_(musical)
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Svengali
[disambiguation] Svengali is a character in George du Maurier`s 1894 novel Trilby. Svengali may also refer to: ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svengali_(disambiguation)
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Svengali
[1954 film] Svengali is a 1954 British drama film directed by Noel Langley and starring Hildegard Knef, Donald Wolfit and Terence Morgan. A svengali hypnotises an artist`s model into becoming a great opera singer, but she struggles to escape from his powers. It was based on a novel by George... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svengali_(1954_film)
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svengali
1) Bad influence 2) Crafty persuader 3) Hypnotist of fiction 4) Inducer 5) Persuader 6) Sinister, manipulative type 7) Svengali Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/svengali/1
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