Van Rennselaer, Alexander: Fun With Ventriloquism ©1955 Alexander Van Rensselaer, Garden City Books, NY Hardcover, w/dj, 61 pages

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Contents (from book):

11 Introduction
13 What Is Ventriloquism?
15 First Step Toward Becoming A Ventriloquist
16 What Makes Your Voice?
18 Breathing Control
20 Breathing Exercises
21 The Ventriloquial Voice
22 Ventriloquial Voice Exercises
27 Mimicry
28 Near And Distant Sounds
29 The Dummy’s Voice
30 The Dummy’s Personality
32 Misdirecting The Attention Of The Audience
35 Controlling The Lips
37 The Labials
40 Dummies And Dolls
40 - The Glove Dummy
43 - Finger Dummies
45 - The Knee Figure
48 Your First Dummy
49 - A Paper-Bag Dummy
52 - A Glove Dummy
53 Suggestions For Dialogue
56 A Sample Dialogue for a Beginner