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Mentor Huebner ~ lived a 48 hour day, traveled nationally and internationally for work and fun, and to tell his life from A to Z would require multiple volumes ~ since Zanuck told of D-day in little over an hour ~ these singular facts may tell something of Mentor in just a few hundred words ~ so grab a cup of coffee and start and stop wherever you like: It's a portrait of an artist.

Mentor born July 19, 1917. Astrologically he was a Cancer sign with the Sun in his chart sitting on the cusp straddling two signs ~ Cancer and Leo.

The Moon in his chart was coincidentally doing the same thing as the Sun. On a flat diagram they would appear to be practically one on top of the other. The Moon is also half way between the Cancer and Leo Sun signs.

These two signs are known to be represented by the two powerful Luminaries, the Sun and the Moon. And so it's no wonder "Light" was important to him and he played around with it all his life.

His Post Impressionist Paintings and his Film Production Conceptual Drawings all showed how much Light affected his thinking and his art work.

The hour he was born added a bit of spice to the destined array. As Gemini, a sign of Duality, was rising on the Eastern Horizon of his chart, and caused the planets Mars, Jupiter and Pluto to activate his ego through their 'first house' placement, while the rest of the planets ~ Neptune, Saturn, Mercury and Venus all in Leo supported his Moon from the 'third house' (mentality) giving him over the top creativity with an over abundance of drive and a capacity to 'see' everything around him ~ quickly ~ and to remember.

He was very intense. The entire array was triggered repeatedly by the planet Uranus. It all ganged up on him and caused restlessness, multiple jobs, multiple marriages, multiple children (twins), vibes, magnetism, an interesting life, travel, work in the movies, notoriety, and a sort of a temper.

In a rhythmic pattern that undulated between upheavals and a solid conservative home life he was always entertaining, extroverted, compassionate, witty, loyal, generous and courageous.

When the planet Uranus made it's first swing around his horoscope bringing a once-in-a-lifetime happening, Mentor died.

However, his Spirit did not.

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Mentor was a track star in High School.

He won medals. His record wasn't broken for 17 years.

One year his High School (Eagle Rock High School) and Hollywood High were in a competitive track meet with multiple other schools. He beat Alan Ladd, the Hollywood High champion.

At the end of the race there was an uproar in the stands and a bevy of beauties raced down to the field. At first Mentor thought they were headed toward him.

But they weren't. Instead the young girls hurried toward Alan Ladd, circled around him and squealing and hugging and kissing him. As yet Ladd was not a famous movie star of any classic films. (Shane) He was just a sort of blondish, short guy wtih good legs. Mentor learned a huge lesson that day. Winning isn't everything!

*(At the time of that 'track meet' Ladd was a senior in High school
and Mentor was a Freshman. Hence the popularity Ladd had with the ladies.
A lack that Mentor soon overcame by winning medals in track.)