November 2018 The Ear

Good Evening

I’ve loosened the shackles and escaped the dungeon. These vacations to Transylvania are tough.

So finally something that you can sink your teeth into CAC’ers. A monster issue - literally. Key the organ music.

Wrestling (being wrestling) has woven its way into the fabric of horrordom. It’s only natural that wrestlers interfaced with monsters and gave us the end result–new gimmicks.

On these pages we will cover the actors and wrestlers who made horrordom and wrestling what it is today.

This issue we honor the Universal Monsters, and the wrestlers they’ve spawned. Always a boiling pot of inspiration, horror movies and wrestlers hope to last forever, like vampires.

Little did we know that the great Bela Lugosi was involved in a wrestling angle and that his son came to at least one banquet in the past. Or that Lon Chaney Jr. loved wrestling and boxing and would wrestle on set.

We also bring you the unholy trinity of our regular columnists Killer Karl Lauer, Mike Lanugosi, and Deadly Dean Silverstake to the mix with great stories and some classic photos from Dean that needed to be put in print. Sinister Scott Teal closes the casket on a bygone era of black & white fantastic photography.

So if your tastes run to blood sucking, hairy or distorted faces, miles of tape, and bolts in your neck–read on.

I hope you will bear with my Sgt. Joe Friday/Daily Racing form style and please remember: “Don’t be afraid to look behind the curtain. And remember ‘There are such things’” - Bela Lugosi.

- Count Duncula

“Changed into the Wolf Man, you’re howling at the moon.”

- “Personality Crisis” - N.Y. Dolls

The roots of wrestling run deep as is evidenced by this newspaper clipping from the Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File); Nov 12, 1935. Being Hungarian and a big part of the Hungarian community in L.A., Bela worked an angle with Sandor Szabo in his tussle with Vincent Lopez. A $7500 guarantee was needed by Szabo for this title bout. Bela headed the committee of Hungarians that raised the money. How did Bela get involved? My best guess is that Count Billy Varga* may have been involved. Billy was a long-time respected wrestler and actor. Also, he was a high profile member of the L.A. Hungarian community, Billy may have used his connections there to utilize Bela’s fame to build the gate.

In talking with Bela Jr. and his family, I learned that he came to a CAC reunion or two when he was younger when they were held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Although Jr. was not involved in wrestling, his dad (Bela Sr.) enjoyed it.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

As always * = were or are a member of the CAC.

Welcome & Lopez, Szabo Front Cover

Dracula, Bela Sr., Bela Jr. 2

vampires, Freddy Blassie, Angelo Savoldi, Phantom 3

Fifth Pole of the Mat, Chilly Billy 4-5

Frankenstein, huntz hall, Pat Fraley, Ted Christy 6

Lon Chaney Jr., Wolfman Banford, Wolfman Savage 7

Wolfman Farkas, Wolfman Jason Sanderson 8

Photographer Special - Scott Teal ........ 9-11

Lon Chaney Sr., harry Carey Jr., Pedro Martinez 12

hotel/Banquet Info 13

350 Days–Legends.Champions.Survivors 14

Karl’s Korner 15

verne Langdon 16

harvey Parry, Korkey Goldstein, quasimodo 17

Canvas Cavity 18

Membership/Banquet Forms 19

R.I.P., Igor, Corrections Back Cover

CONTRIBUTORS

Royal Duncan - editor, writer, photos

Chris Jones

- asst. editor

Dean Silverstone

- writer, photos

Dr. Mike Lano - writer, photos

Karl Lauer

- writer

L.A. Times - writer

Chris Swisher - photos

Lugosi Family

photos

Troy Lowe - graphic Chaney Family - photos

Christine J Coons - photos

Scott Teal - photos

Dan Westbrook

Dawn Karrasch

photos Scott Romer

photos

Willie Davis

and Count Billy

Duncan

Dracula

Get your wolfsbane, silver bullet, garlic, and cross out before reading this and feel secure in the fact that you could be a vampire, too. “To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious!” - Bela Sr.

Bela Sr. - “I am Dracula”

• Born Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó on 10/20/1882 in Lugos, Hungary. Born in the same area of the country as the Poenari Castle-the home of Vlad the Impaler, the historical Dracula. Adopted the name “Lugosi” in reference to his birth place of Lugos, Hungary.

• By early 1900’s he was accepted into Hungary’s Academy of Performing Arts with a specialty in Shakespeare.

• 1931- In Universal’s film “Dracula”, studio executives wanted Lon Chaney in the Dracula roll, but Lon Chaney died. Bela got the part. Director-Tod Browning. Bram Stoker wrote the novel in 1897. Accounts of vampires appeared in newspapers in 1732.

• Played Dracula in only 2 films- Dracula (1931) and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) and vampires in 2 more. He never wore fangs in any role.

• He turned down the role of Frankenstein’s Monster, (that went to Boris Karloff), and took the role of Frankenstein’s Monster in “Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man” in 1943.

• Helped organize the US’s “Screen Actors Guild” in mid 30’s and was founding member No. 28.

• Loved soccer and stamp collecting.

• One of his L.A. homes was purchased by Johnny Depp, the actor who played Bela’s friend Ed Wood in the film Ed Wood

• He was buried in one of his Dracula capes.

• In 1914 Bela was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Forty-Third Infantry Regiment of the Hungarian Army. He fought on the Western and Eastern fronts and was injured on three separate occasions, suffering a gunshot to the shoulder, a gunshot to the thigh and a severe concussion.

• “This is one of the most uncomfortable coffins I’ve ever been in”. Supposedly said by Bela to Ed Wood during filming.

Martin Landau on Bela

“Yes. Impressionists and impersonators have done Lugosi for years, and they’ve gone over the top with him. I’m also aware that Lugosi was very dramatic and very theatrical–very extreme, actually, but awfully good. He had a complete belief in what he was doing and a great command of the space he inhabited.

Bela Lugosi Jr.

• Born 1/5/38 as Bela George Lugosi.

• Was an executive at Comedy III Productions which owned the licensing rights to the 3 Stooges.

• In 1963, Bela G. Lugosi brought a suit against Universal Studios maintaining that the characterization of Dracula created by Lugosi was not the property of Universal Studios, but rather the property of Béla Lugosi and his heirs. In 1972, the Los Angeles Superior Court found in favor of Lugosi, although in 1979, the California Supreme Court reversed the trial court decision and ruled in favor of Universal. Despite the reversal, this suit paved the way for the California Celebrity Rights Act enacted in 1984 which guarantees to deceased celebrities a property right to control the commercial exploitation of their names and likenesses.

• Retired in 2016 after practicing law in Los Angeles for 53 years.

The Greatest wrestling Magazine never made:

Bela Lugosi Sr. Tributes

• Martin Landau played Lugosi in Tim Burton’s “Ed Wood” and won an “Oscar” (1994) - see article

• Appeared on a US commemorative postage stamp in 1997 - see article

• Song “Bela Lugosi’s Dead” by Bauhaus (1979) has become a goth anthem.

• Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 2/8/60.

• A statue of Lugosi sits on the Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest.

• Sesame Street’s “The Count” was a tribute to Bela Lugosi.

Lugosi Enterprises

The mission of Lugosi Enterprises, headed by Bela Lugosi, Jr., is to preserve and protect the image, name and likeness of Bela Lugosi by honoring his place in history as one of the pioneers of the Hollywood film industry and by celebrating the icon that will forever be - Dracula. Lugosi Enterprises enters into selective licensing agreements in advertising, merchandising, publications and entertainment projects. Some current licensed products are Bela Lugosi branded wines and beer, the Bela Lugosi as Dracula MEGO action figure, licensed guitars, clothing, pins, collectibles, posters and masks. Bela Lugosi, Jr. attends panels, screenings and Los Angeles area conventions to pay tribute to his father and to meet the wonderful fans of Bela Lugosi. Official Bela Lugosi social media sites: Website - www.BelaLugosi.com, Facebook - BelaLugosiOffical, Instagram - RealBelaLugosi

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• Verne Gagne & Mad Dog Vachon were CAC members

Vampires

• Dracula - Frank Hickey* (Bozo Brown)

• Drakula - Aristóteles Radamés Coccó Flores. AKA Masakre

• Golden Vampire - #5 (Ryan Boz), #12, #30 (Tracy Smothers).

• Vampire Warrior (USWA) Has wrestled on Billy Blade’s* card before the CAC reunion, LeStat the Vampire (WCW/WWC), The Vampire, Real name is David Heath. Won titles in Stampede, and USWA. Had fangs permantly bonded to his teeth. Spit blood in Donald Trump’s face. Sells his own brand of hot sauce. Married to Luna Vachon the daughter of Paul Vachon*.

• Vampiro (1991-2018), El Vampiro Canadiense (1991-Mex.), El Vampiro Casanova (1996 Mex.), Canadian Vampire Casanova (1996-Japan). Real name is Ian Hodgkinson. Body guard for Milli Vanilli, Bass player for Insane Clown Posse. Appeared in WCW with The Misfits. Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens. Played the “The Champ” in the movie The Dead Sleep Easy and as himself in Vampiro: Angel, Devil, Hero, Psycopathic: The Videos (also featured CAC members Mick Foley*, Sabu*, Honky Tonk Man*, George “The Animal” Steele*), and Pay It Forward

• Freddy Blassie* (nickname) - see article

• Vampire Americano – John L. Bradshaw in Mexico. Teamed w/Vampiro Canadiense in 1993.

• Angelo Savoldi* (nickname) - see article

• Dick (The Vampire) Barkley - Dick and I were buddies. I have the cape he wore.

• Black Vampire Buffalo (Keisuke Yamada) – also used Zombie.

• Vampire Immortal Jr.

• TVK (Tony Vampiro Korleone) )Peru.

• Ultimo Vampiro. 5 versions

• Draculetta – This is Daffney (Shannon Spruill) Was married to Rich Ward (“Fozzy” and “Stuck Mojo”), Draculetta – Roni Jonah

• El Vampiro – Real name Salvador Gonzalez Reyneso. AKA Jalisco Gonzalez, El Conde Negro. Debut 10/44, Held Mexican National Welterweight Title. Born 7/2/23. Used 1951 and ‘52 in Guadalajara.

• Riv Vampiro – Real name Anthony Butabi (Cal.)

• Vampiro Metalico – Real name Alan Valderrama. Born 6/3/86. AKA Quarterback. Used in 2005-2009, 2011

Our Vampires

Freddy Blassie*

• Born 2/8/18-6/2/03, From St. Louis. Have seen real last name as “Blassman”

• The Fashion Plate of Professional Wrestling

• Worked local carnivals

• In Navy, WWII served 42 months in the Pacific Theater. Billed as “Sailor” Fred Blassie when he returned.

• Wrestled as Billy Blassie in 1944. Teamed with Billy McDaniel as The McDaniel Brothers, then The Blassie Brothers.

• Known as “The Vampire” in Atlanta for biting his opponents on the forehead and filing his teeth on TV.

• Worked for Pfefer, Packs, Simpson, Paul Jones, Jess McMahon

• NWA Georgia Heavyweight Champ. and Florida Heavyweight Champ.

• WWA World Heavyweight Champion (4X)

• Managed Muhammad Ali in his match vs. Antonio Inoki* which many claim to be the first mixed martial arts bout.

• Made movie with Andy Kaufman in 1982 in L.A. called My Breakfast with Blassie.

• R.E.M. referenced the movie in their song

“Man on the Moon”.

• Released single “Blassie King of Men”/“Pencil Neck Geek”, Johnny Legend* performed on both songs. Rhino Records released album by Fred “I Bite the Sings” (Produced by Johnny Legend)

• Appeared in “Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling” cartoon

• Made an appearance in movie Body Slam, and starred in documentary Mr. Blassie Goes to Washington

• Helped establish wrestling in Japan with Rikidozan

• Ayatollah Blassie

• Managed Wolfman Farkas*, Hulk Hogan, Blackjack Mulligan, Waldo von Erich, Ivan Koloff*, George Steele*, Jesse Ventura, Dick Murdock*, Lou Albano*, Stan Hansen*, Ray Stevens*, Professor Tanaka*, and Kamala (CAC Benevolent Fund recipient).

• His book - Listen, You Pencil Neck Geeks

• Observer HOF (1996)

Angelo Savoldi

• Died 9/20/13 at 99

• Adopted the nickname “The Vampire” in the mid-to-late 50’s in Oklahoma

• Held NWA World Junior Heavyweight Championship 4x. Finally losing it to Danny Hodge*, 7/22/60 in Oklahoma City.

• Minority holder in WWWF, worked as a trainer.

• Brother was pro wrestler Lou Fornini

• 1984 Started up International Championship Wrestling in Boston and affiliated with WWC in Puerto Rico

• 1st American to main event Puerto Rico

• Adam Aarons, a grandson, entered pro wrestling.

• Had a hand in training Jack Brisco

• Taz, Tommy Dreamer, and Little Guido started with Angelo

• Member of the Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame

• Childhood friend of Frank Sinatra

• Served in the Navy in WWII

Phantom of the Opera

Lon Chaney Sr.

How would you like to like to live in the bowels of a building basement for the rest of your life? You’d have to think about food (is there a dumb waiter), a port-a-potty, water, no sun (for vitamin D), even organ repair. Life’s tough as the Phantom. Try as we might, we can’t find a wrestler that used this gimmick. So it’s available with no gimmick infringement problems.

BIO: Dean is the former Pacific Northwest wrestling promoter and currently holds two positions within the Cauliflower Alley Club – Secretary and Treasurer. Dean began working in the Northwest area in 1958 and left the business in 1976 after promoting in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, British Columbia and Alaska. Dean became a CAC Director in 1995 and was named to the Executive Committee in 1999. Dean and his late wife, Ruth, were the co-editors of “The Ear,” the official newsletter of the Cauliflower Alley Club, from 1995 until 2012.

I sincerely enjoyed this past CAC reunion that took place at the Gold Coast Hotel in Las Vegas. Wrestling reunions and events have been around for a long time, but of course the Grandfather of reunions will always be the Cauliflower Alley Club. We are currently planning Reunion number 54 to take place in 2019.

Back in the 1990s and early 2000s I would host wrestling reunions

once a year at my house near Seattle (Washington) and some of those memories of those one-of-a-kind events will be with me for all times.

Speaking of one-of-a-kind, here are four one-of-a-kind pictures of four of the annual reunions. No one else has these and it's time to share via the pages of The Ear.

Some of the names of performers that attended are like a ‘who’s who’ of professional wrestling: Annette Fordyce*, Art Abrams*, Art Crews*, Art Dominguez*, Billy Wicks*, Bobby Nichols, Bobby Simmons*, Buddy Rose*, Buddy Wayne*, Bud Cody, Charlie Smith*, Chief Lone Wolf, Chuck Molnar*, Bob Kelly*, Cowboy Lang*, Danny O'Shocker*, Dean Higuchi*, Dick Beyer*, Dickie Steinborn*, Don Leo Jonathan*, Don Manoukian*, Doug Donovan*, Dr. John Bonica*, Dr. Ken Ramey*, Dr. Mike Webster*, Duke Myers*, Dutch Savage*, Ed Moretti*, Ed Wiskowski*, Eddie Sullivan*, Ella Waldek*, Fabulous Moolah*, Frenchy Roberre*, Fritz Von Goering*, Greg Lake*, Hard Boiled Haggerty*, Ida Mae Martinez*, Ivan Koloff*, J Michael Kenyon*, Jack Laskin*, James C. Melby*, Jerry Christy*, Jerry Kozak*, John Anson*, John Quinn*, Johnnie Mae Young*, Johnny Dupree*, Johnny Valentine*, Judy Grable*, Karl Lauer*, Kay Bell*, Kinji Shibuya*, Kurt Von Poppenheim*, Lou Thesz*, Lumberjack Luke*, Mike Lano*, Mike Rodgers*, Moose Morowski*, Nick Kozak*, Nick Bockwinkel*, Ox Anderson*, Pat Patterson*, Paul Diamond*, Pepper Gomez*, Pepper Martin*, Prince Maiava*, Ray Eckert*, Ray Stevens*, Red Bastien*, Rey Urbano*, Roy McClarty*, Scott Teal*, Shawn Mayne*, Shoulders Newman*, Ted Allen*, Tex McKenzie*, Theresa Theis*, Tiger Conway Sr.*, Tito Carreron*, Tito Montez*, Tom* and Chris Drake*, Tony Borne*, Treacherous Phillips*, Tuffy Truesdale*, and many more.

ROW, L-R: Dick Cardinal, Chuck Molnar, henry Porter, Tex Porter, Tiger Conway, Sr., Sandor Kovacs, Moe Smith, John Buff, Ray Stevens, Bill Savage, Jack Laskin, Shoulders Newman, Al Campbell, harry Elliott, Tex hager, Dean Silverstone, Al Fridell, Al Mandel, Shawn Mayne. BACK ROW: Bob hannon, Maurice vachon, Tony Borne, Matt Borne, Mike Rodgers, Danno O’Shocker, John quinn, Ed Moretti, Red Kale, Eddie Sullivan, Lumberjack Luke, Jerry Christy, Bud Ratell, Karl Lauer, Tex McKenzie, Rey Urbano, Ox Anderson,

FRONT ROW, L-R: Terry (Al) Fridell, Maggie (Tito) Montez, Phylis (Dano) McDonald, Lizabeth O’Rourke, Jean (Dano O’Shocker) Lloyd, Rose (Don Leo) Jonathan, Audrey (Jack) Laskin, Betty (Bill) Savage, Avis (John) Buff, Ruth (Tito) Carreon. BACK ROW: Ernadean (Ox) Anderson, Junna

Elliott, Sandy (Tiger Conway), Ruth (Dean) Silverstone, Inita (Tiger) Conway, Diane (Richard) Elliott, Shari (Lumberjack Luke) Morrison, Betty (Tex) McKenzie, Dale (Ed) Moretti, Johnnie Mae Young, Fabulous Moolah, Theresa Theis, Ella Waldek.

Chilly Billy Cardille

What would the season be like without some wrestling/ horror music? Nowhere, I think. What’s showcased here are the records of Pittsburgh

Studio Wrestling announcer

Bill Cardille (AKA Chilly Billy)

His hit entitled “Chilly Billy’s Vamp”, on Vampire Records (replete with bat shaped logo) clocks in at 2:51 and was copyrighted 1/5/71. Flip side is “Strange But True Tales”.

“Chilly Billy’s Vamp” also appeared on the compilation

album entitled Monster Bash Party: Vol 1. a 12” LP by Now Sound. Other pertinent tracks include “Wolfman”, “Dracula Drag” by Jekyll and Hyde, “Zombie”, “The Monster Hop”, “The Curse of The Hearse”, “Graveyard Shift”, & “Graveyard Ghost”.

Chilly Billy goes on Record (LP) includes “Boston Strangler”, “Captain Bad Man”, & “Live at the Dead End”.

Frankenstein’S Monster

Whether masked or unmasked

Karloff

Frank has been and enduring gimmick for years. Many have pulled this off, or tried to pull this off, including CAC’s Pat Fraley.

Complete with facial scars (did Frank get color?), boots, high forehead, and neck bolts this monster is even replicated until today.

• Frankenstein – Jim Wright 1939 in Portland. Brother of Rube. Died during a tag team match. He was on the ring apron, fell to the floor and hit his head. Heart attack and head injury.

• Masked Frankenstein – This is Tony Rodriguez/Cornelio Hernandez. Phoenix 1977-1981 (w/monster mask), brought in with chains, led out w/ a fiery torch. Said he was a popular wrestler in Mexico who had been in a bad car wreck in Toluca, had physical scars, lost his mind and believed himself to be Frankenstein’s Monster.

Then toured Mexico and L.A.. L.A. saw his name change to “The Monster”. 1981, back between AZ & Mex, but w/the ring name as “Frankenstein”. Retires in 1989. Tijuana jail boss in the movie Losing It.

• King Kong Frankenstein – Gorilla Grubmeyer (Real name is Charles Eastman). Used for Pfefer in 1938 and 39. Shot his wife and hung himself May 20, 1944

• Frankenstein – Pat Fraley* - see article

• Frankenstein Wolfe/Wolff/Frank Wolf – Frank Wolfe, 1936 Hollywood booking office, 1938-39 Midwest Wrestling Assoc. Championship Wrestling USA – Portland. “From Germany, I guess, Karl Gotch* went into England, and from England he came to the United States. He learned a lot of wrestling in England, but the one to put the finishing touches to him–which he would tell you himself if you were to talk to him today–was Frank Wolf. He was the one that polished him up and showed him the hooking element of the business. Frank Wolf, he was the epitome of a great wrestler.” - Say Uncle by Jake Shannon*

• George Frankenstein – Girlfriend/Valet for Randy Savage. Hailing from Rockford, IL (Cheap Trick land). Trained by Madusa and Molly Holly*. Was married to Misfit’s Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein. Made appearances in ECW managing Justin Credible, and Tommy Dreamer.

• Buddy Frankenstein – 1987 Wayne Ermatinger in Calgary AKA Mike Hammer, Wayne St. Wayne, and Juice Elliot.

• Dr. Frank – Nick Adam – Wore Frankenstein mask, 1967 & 68 with Gulas

• Dr. Frank – Ken Dillinger/Ken Russell – 77-78 for USWA

• Popeye Frankenstein – Swedish Angel/Phil Olaf Swenson, 1936-37 NW

• Frankenstein – AKA American Rebel. Trained by Martin Marin

• Frankenstein – Eddie Marlin

• Bride of Frankenstein – Nickname for Angelus Layne

• Song “Frankenstein” by The New York Dolls

Huntz Hall†

• Born 8/15/20-11/30/99, Made stage debut at 1

• Played in the Bowery Boys/East Side Kids

• Appeared in experimental TV show in 1932

• Received N.Y. Theatre Critics Blue Ribbon for his work in A Walk in the Sun (1945)

• The Beatles included his photo on the cover of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Our Frankenstein'S Pat Fraley*

• Patrick Timothy Fraley - Born in Boston. Pat Fraley wrestled in the U.S. and Canada from 1931-1961 (30 years), also wrestled as the Green Hornet, Green Phantom, Red Shadow, Black Secret, and The Secret.

• Won NWA San Francisco Pacific Coast Heavyweight Title as the Green Panther

• Used in Arizona in 1944-45 for Jim Londos*, former CAC Chairman and Wrestling Promotions, Inc. (1941-1954)

• Pat appeared as wrestler Challenger in the movie No Holds Barred NHB was a

comedy starring the Bowery Boys - Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall† (who was familiar with the CAC. Past editors tell us he came to at least one banquet and probably was a member). Other wrestlers who were in the movie included Henry Kulky* (Bomber Kulkovich) one of the first CAC members, Hombre Montana, Frank Jares*, and Ted Christy*.

• Father of Fred Fraley, Fred wrestled from 1958-61 and often teamed with his dad. Wrestled in US and Canada. At one time was billed as a Rock ‘n’ Roll star.

• Robert Morillo put out a Kindle book Pro Wrestling: The Fabulous, The Famous, The Feared and The Forgotten: Irish Pat Fraley (Letter “F” Series Book 6)

Ted Christy*

• 11/25/09-9/11/76

• Brother of Vic Christy* - well loved member of the CAC

• AKA Ted Travis, Bull Christy, Ted Christie, Black Secret

• Wrestled 1932 thru ‘67

• Appeared in movies - Some Like It Hot (w/Marilyn Monroe), No Holds Barred, The Day of the Locust, and The All-American Boy (as a referee).

• Appeared in TV shows - The Twilight Zone, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, and Kojak.

• Cheap Trick’s Rick Neilsen patterned his appearance after Huntz.

• Worked with Lugosi on Spooks Run Wild (1941)

• “Sach” in The Bowery Boys Meet the Monster

• In No Holds Barred (1952) and The Return of Doctor X

• On stage in “The Odd Couple” and “The Sunshine Boys”

• Won World Light Heavyweight Title, NWA Hawaiian Title and Tag Title (2X)

Primo Carnera

World Heavyweight Boxing Champion (from 6/29/33-6/14/34) and major wrestling star in the 50’s and 60’s, played the Frankenstein monster on NBC’s “Matinee Theater” television show in 1957. Appeared in Hercules Unchained, Mighty Joe Young, The Joe Louis* Story, and The Prizefighter and the Lady.

Lon Chaney Jr.

“I remember him being very warm, very loving. He always had things for us to do... We’d talk about westerns because he loved Zane Grey novels. He also loved wrestling and boxing... He was always a lot of fun to be around.”

- Ron Chaney, Lon Jr.’s grandson

• Born Creighton Chaney (2/10/06-7/12/73).

• Awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Spring, CA.

• Played lead role in The Wolf Man (1941).

• Secured film role in Hal Roach’s production of Of Mice and Men, earning Lon the New York’s ‘Critic Choice Award’.

• Acted in High Noon with Gary Cooper.

• Only person to play all 4 of the classic movie monsters: The Wolf Man (1941), The Ghost of Frankenstein (the Monster) (1942), The Mummy’s Tomb (Kharis, the Mummy) (1942), Son of Dracula (Count Alucard [Dracula backwards] (1943).

• Lon portrayed Strangler Johnson in the short Oysters and Muscles (1948), which included Sammy Stein.

• Appeared in 5 movies with Bela Lugosi, including The Wolf Man

• Acted in Dracula vs. Frankenstein, Face of the Screaming Werewolf (as the mummified werewolf), House of Frankenstein, The Mummy’s Ghost, Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

• Acted in Not as a Stranger starring Robert Mitchum and Frank Sinatra, The Defiant One with Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier, and Johnny Reno He also appeared in movies with Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis.

• “Nothing is more natural to me than horror”

• “The Wolf Man didn’t want to do all those bad things. He was forced into it.”

• “The trouble with most of the monster pictures today is that they go after horror for horror’s sakes. There’s no motivation for how monsters behave. There’s too much of that science fiction baloney”.

• Wrestling was a hobby of his. Wrestled with stunt men and other actors in his dressing room or trailers during breaks.

• Lon wrestled a bear in a scene in The Wolf Man

• May have worked as a referee at one time.

• Mentioned with dad in Warren Zevon’s song “Werewolves of London”.

• Oct. 1997 Lon Jr. appeared on a U.S. commemorative stamp - see article

• Avid hunter/outdoors man.

• Worked as a plumber, butcher, metal and farm worker before acting.

• Lon Chaney III became an accomplished amateur wrestler.

• The wolf that he fights in The Wolf Man was his own German Shepherd.

“My Grandfather wrestled himself and enjoyed wrestling very much. He worked out and was really athletic. He was very strong and would show the kids wrestling holds. He had actually thought about wrestling professionally.”

- Ron Chaney, Lon Jr.’s grandson Ron Chaney

The Wolf Man (Wolfman)

The name has inspired many Wolfmen over the years with 4 in our club. (Farkas, Sanderson, Banford & Luke Graham). We don’t know how many were inspired by Wolfie or just brought about thru their hairy appearance. Doesn’t matter. Once a wolf man, always a wolf man.

• The Wolfman – Walter Allen (4/10/22-6/4/91) – Alaskan Wolfman, Russian Wolfman, Siberian Wolfman, The Wolfman, Soldat Gorky, John Smith, Wolfman Smith. From Manitoba

• The Wolfman – Wilmos(Vilmos) Farkas*. - see article

• Wolfman Savage – Luke Graham* - see article

• The Wolfman – Jason Sanderson* - see article

• Wolfman Banford* - see article

• The Wolfman – In Dale Mann’s territory.

• Wolfman – Australia, masked. Uses the fang cutter as his finishing move.

• Wolfman – Canberry, Australia. Real name’s Michael Evans.

Our Wolfmen

Wolfman Banford*

• From New Braintree, Mass

• Big Time Wrestling 2006 & 2007, Massachusetts; Power House Wrestling, 2008, Massachusetts; All-Star Wrestling, 2010, British Columbia.

• Has wrestled Brutus Beefcake in Power House.

• Was in the Kennel Club with Moondog Maximus.

• In a 6 man w/Terry Tomko*, Vance Nevada* vs. Disco Fury*, Marty Sugar and Michelle Starr*.

Wolfman Savage*

• Wolfman Savage – used in 1981 in Championship Wrestling from Florida, Real name is James Grady Johnson. AKA Crazy Luke Graham, El Lobo, Mighty Yankee, Billy Calhoun

• Luke worked for the WWWF, WWA (L.A.), Florida, AWA, NW, and Georgia

• Managed and tagged with Luke Jr.* They came to CAC in 2001 to raise funds to build a publicly traded wrestling business called Galaxy Championship Wrestling from Arkansas. They bought a vender booth that Jr. manned. Later at the Bologna Blowout Luke Jr. would plant Kacey Dex Godbolt into the potato salad bowl before Red could get there to stop them. A story for another time.

• Frankie Cain* hooked him up with Dr. Jerry Graham*

• Used taped thumb gimmick

• Won WWWF U.S. Tag Title and First WWWF World Tag Champs with Tarzan Tyler: Won WWA (L.A.) World Championship Title

• U.S. Champ for Dean Silverstone* in 1974

• Ernie Ladd* used taped thumb and credited Luke.

Wolfman Farkas*

• Wilmos (Vilmos) Farkas - Real name Farkas the Wolfman, Hungarian Wolfman, Wolfman Farkas, Wolfman Willie

• Came from Hungary to Canada in 1936

• Soccer Player

• Claimed to be raised by wolves.

• Wore wolf boots/trunks

• Classy Freddy Blassie led him out on a chain.

Wolfman Jason Sanderson*

Jason Sanderson is a member, former board member, all around good guy, and CAC MVP. His work is hardly ever talked about, read about, or publicized. The work he did in Africa with/for Bob Kelly at the end of Bob’s life, in honor of Bob’s wife was heart rendering. He truly is a wonderful man.

I got a chance to sit down with Jason to ask a few questions about his career.

was told I had to. While I was there, a little boy was in line, and became very excited when he saw my bandage and the application to connect the medication to. He opened his shirt and said that he had one too, and proudly pointed out mine to his mom. He gave me a big hug and asked to pose for a picture with me. His mom told me that that show was the first time he had been out of the house since starting chemo, because he was embarrassed by his stint. I felt pretty humbled after that...

Who was your favorite opponent: The Barbarian

Who was your favorite tag partner: Super Moondog (Peter Bashi) Who was your favorite referee: Scott Dickinson

Who was the biggest influence on your career: The Vachon’s, Jeff Costa

What is the best wrestling advice you’ve ever received: “Learn your craft” - Jeff Costa

Mummy

Wrestling Responsibilities: Wrestler, Promoter, Front Office, Public Relations, Referee Years in Wrestling: 1995-2006

Birthplace: St. Johns, VT

Ring Names: Wolfman - Ringside Promotions (1995-98); Wolfman, Mummy, Merlyn - All Star Wrestling - All Star Wrestling Assoc. (AWA-New England-1998-2006). I used the ring name the Wolfman the whole time. I used the Mummy in (1997-2002) right after Benji Ramirez died. It was a full body suit with spray brushed bandages, hood, no mouth, small eyes. Merlyn was with blue face paint like “Braveheart”, flash paper. Did a voodoo doll match with Lobsterman where Merlyn would stick a fork in a stuffed lobster. The Groovy Ghoulies was a concept to help try and conceal my identity as the (occasional!) Mummy, by having someone else come in to wear the suit...and they thought it would be even better to pair us up. We only wrestled occasionally, as that suit was a B*TCH to work in!!!

Birthday: 4/7/66

Who trained you: Trained in Nashua, NH in 1995 and ‘96. Jeff “Bruiser” Costa (Lobsterman). Jeff came to the ring in red with a giant lobster claw on each arm. His finishing hold, of course, was the claw. Jason served as campaign manager for Lobsterman’s 2000 presidential bid (throwing his claw in the ring) as nominee of the Crustacean Party. MTV, Comedy Central, The Discover Channel, and others picked up the story. When did you first become interested in wrestling: When I decided to pursue it in 1994

When was your debut match: January 1996 - Hudson, NH vs. Dave Barron.

Who were your favorite wrestlers when you were young: Mad Dog* and Butcher Vachon*

Who were your least favorite: Tarzan Tyler. What belts have you held: AWA New England Heavyweight Championship (All Star - 1998-99); AWA New England America’s Tag Championship (2X-first with John Royal, then with Dan Petty (2002))

Other wrestling related work: Author

Favorite arena to wrestle in: Hudson Lions Hall - Hudson, NH

Least favorite arena: Sugar Hill Speedway

What was your most memorable wrestling moment or experience you can share with us: A little boy I met at intermission at my first match in my own high school... I had contracted a bacterial infection about a week before, and they had to install a main line catheter in my arm for me to take the medications. As a result, I had to relinquish the AWA (All-Star Wrestling Association) New England Heavyweight Championship title... in front of all my friends and family. Needless to say, I was very upset about that, and did NOT want to sign autographs, but

In what way was your wrestling career the most rewarding: Experiences, memories, people.

• Led multiple missions to Africa helping create orphanages and schools in the Congo, Kenya, Tanzania, and Cameroon.

• Has conducted 2 marriages at the CAC Reunion. Adrian* and Linda Street’s* before the banquet at the “Top of the Riv”, and Tonya* and Massive Damage (Sean Dunster*) in the Nostalgia Room.

• Prodigal Brewery selling “Curse of the Rye-Wolf” ale w/Jason’s photo on the label.

• Elected Presiding Bishop of the Liberal Catholic Church International. This position is the equivalent of the Catholic Pope.

• Roadhouse Sons band to promote the book is a tribute band to a cover band that never existed. Jason’s buddy Tony Heyes* is the front man.

Bibliography

Non-fiction:

“Shadow of Old Burke Mountain: The Story of a Vermont Town and Her People”

Fiction:

“Dangerous Gambles”

“Renegade”

“Cold Front”

“Code Name: Wanderer”

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• Worked with Pittsburgh Pirate Hall of Famer third baseman Pie Traynor

• Played 17 seasons with the Pirates

• Batted .320 with 2416 hits

• Chiller Theater is displayed in New York’s Museum of Broadcast

• Inducted into the Pennsylvania Broadcaster Hall of Fame in 1997

• Inducted into the Horror Host Hall of Fame in 2012

• Movies

- Night of the Living Dead (1968)

- Day of the Dead (1985)

- Night of the Living Dead (1990)

- Night of the Day of the Dawn of the Son of the Bride of the Return of the Terror (parody of Night of the Living Dead) (1991)

- The American Nightmare (documentary) 2000

- Autopsy of the Dead (documentary) 2009

• Broadcast live stock car racing

• National vice president of AFTRA, AFTRA’s Hall of Fame

• Wrestling Magazine

• Enshrined in the New York Radio and Television Museum

Nation National Announcer of the Year

Scott Teal*, perhaps the most prolific historian of pro wrestling, has been writing about the subject since 1969. Under his imprint, Crowbar Press, he has written, edited, and published more than 140 books and periodicals and his work stands out as some of the most important books to chronicle pro wrestling history. His first published work was a 1972 wrestling newsletter called The Tampa Scene (later renamed Florida Fan-Fare). During the ‘70s, he wrote for national magazines and published arena programs for the Nashville-based Gulas-Welch promotion. In addition to co-writing autobiographies with wrestlers like Ole Anderson*, JJ Dillon*, Jody (Assassin) Hamilton*, Ivan Koloff*, Dean Silverstone*, Don Fargo*, and others, he has interviewed hundreds of wrestlers from the Golden Age, many of which were published in a magazine called Whatever Happened to ..., and continue today in an on-going series of books called Wrestling Archive Project. He also updated and republished important books like Lou Thesz’* Hooker, Jim Freedman’s Drawing Heat, and Joe Jares’* Whatever Happened to Gorgeous George. For the past seven years, Scott and his wife, Angela, have hosted the Tennessee Wrestling Legends Reunion at their home in Gallatin, Tennessee. In addition to being the first recipient of the CAC James C. Melby* Historian award (2008), he was awarded the Jim Melby Award for Excellence in Writing at the Lou Thesz*/George Tragos Hall of Fame (2011), was a Legends Lunch honoree in Tampa (2016), and the first person to be given the Spotlight Award (2018) by the Mid-South/UWA Wrestling Alliance. www.crowbarpress.com

Lon Chaney Sr.

The Mummy

• Has a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame.

• Chaney, rather than Bela Lugosi, was the first choice for the starring role in Dracula (1931).

• Universal Studios biopic on Lon, Man of a Thousand Faces (1957), starred Jimmy Cagney*, a CAC member.

• Starred in The Phantom of the Opera (1925) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923).

• In Tod Browning’s The Unknown, senior’s character cuts off his arms to be with Nanon who has a phobia about men’s arms. Nanon falls for the circus strongman, overcomes her fear of arms, and runs away with the strongman. Chaney Sr. is left holding the bag – well not really holding it. What a disarming turn of events.

• “Between pictures, there is no Lon Chaney”.

• “There’s nothing funny about a clown in the moonlight”.

• Sr. Born 4/1/1883 Died 8/26/1930. Parents were deaf mutes.

• Called the Man of a Thousand Faces. Father of Lon Chaney Jr.

• Actor, make-up artist, director, screenwriter. Master of pantomime.

• One of the most versatile and powerful actors in early movies.

• Wrote entry for the subject of make-up for the Encyclopedia Britannica.

• On a commemorative U.S. Postal stamp - see article

• Uncle of Ancel Keys who invented the K Ration.

• Mentioned in Warren Zevon’s song “Werewolves of London”.

• Pallbearers included Louis B. Mayer, Lionel Barrymore, Tod Browning, and Harry Carey Jr.* - see article

• “My whole career has been devoted to keeping people from knowing me. It has taken me years to build up a mystery surrounding myself, which is my stock in trade.”

• “The parts I play point out a moral. They show individuals who might have been different, if they had been given a different chance.”

Harry Carey Jr.*

• Born 5/16/21-12/27/12

• Benji Ramirez (The most famous one) (1962-1982) (1/2/32- 12/20/95) Also used “The Killer” (Japan). Won Texas Heavyweight Title, Western States Tag Title (Arizona version) and Stampede International Tag Title.

• Eddie Marlin – Gulas in 1967 & 68; 1989-CWA for Jarrett

• Joe D’Acquisto - “Rochester Roadblock” - B. 10/30/52 Debut 10/28/87. 1993-96 WWA Coralluzzo/Sharpe*, IWA & IWU Japan. D’Acquisto was the subject of an article in Rolling Stone

• Shuji Ishikawa B. 9/25/75. Debut 5/8/03. Used 2005, 06 & 09 in Japan

• Bobby Duncum Sr. - 1984 & 1985 in SCW Blanchard

• Ron Wright - Used for Gulas 1970 & 1974. Lost mask to Jerry Lawler.

• Bob Aebi (Alebi) – lost mask 4/2/75 to Dennis Hall - Gulas. Husband of Tanya West. AKA Count Drummer, Bulldog Drummer. Changed name to Bob Alebi.

• Pedro Martinez* - see article

• La Parka II - Prince Kharis (Kharis la Momia) - Mexico

• Rob Mayze - Prince Kharis (1993 & 94) Jim Cornette’s* Smoky Mountain. There were four Prince Kharis’s.

• Qin Yi - Zombie Mummy

• Gitano Ivanoff - La Momia. Used in 1966 in Mexico in 1966 and 67 in Argentina. Real name is Juan Enrique Dos Santos

• Ringo Cisneros - La Momia. Real name is Augustin Red Vasquez Lopez, Born 1/6/42

Lon Chaney - Wrestler

A wrestler (Carl Chaney-Indiana. Wrestled as Carl until 1931) that worked as Lon “Terrible” Chaney in Alabama in 1932-36, 38 & 39; Nashville in 1935-36,41-42, & 46; Georgia in 1936, Ohio in 1937, 44: Florida in 1946. Held the Southern Lightweight Championship in 1936.

Our Mummy'S

Pedro Martinez*

• Wore a rubber mask w/regular trunks.

• Used in 1941 in the WAC (Western Athletic Club - State of Washington) once owned by a CAC member Paul Boesch* (whose wife Valerie* and son Joey* still attend reunions). Former NWA Hawaii Jr. Heavy Champ.

• Famed Buffalo, NY promoter

• Actor

• Son of actor Harry Carey (who appeared in 260 films), and actress Olive Carey

• Served in the Navy as a Medical Corpsman in WWII and in Naval photographic unit (w/ famed director John Ford who Harry worked with on multiple films) to make training videos.

• Appeared in 90+ films

• Made 9 films with John Wayne

• Retired to Florida and sold match tapes under PM Film. You could buy single matches and he would create a tape for you. He had 1,000 matches available from his promotion and others.

• Established IWA in 1975 with Eddie Einhorn* which attempted to promote nationally ala WWF.

• His daughter married Ilio DiPaolo*.

• Ed Don George* sold his 16 city promotion to Pedro for $100,000 in 1955. He added Pittsburgh for $75,000 paid to Geeto Mongol. Einhorn pulled out in late 1975. Ran tours of Liberia and Nigeria.

• Was on TV show “Celebrity Family Feud”

harry Carey Jr. public domain

• Played the son of his real life mother Olive Carey in The Searchers

• Worked with Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

• Movies - Alvarez Kelly, Death of a Gunfighter, Gremlins, Mask, Back to the Future Part III, The Exorcist III, Tombstone, and Billy the Kid vs. Dracula

• He appeared in the TV shows: Have Gun – Will Travel, Bonanza, Perry Mason, Mannix, and Little House on the Prairie

• Awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Inducted into the Hall of Great Western Performers of the National Cowboy Museum in 2003

• Wrote his memoirs “Company of Heroes: My Life as an Actor in the John Ford Stock Company”

• “I loved Duke (John Wayne) and he loved me”

Jason Sanderson

Here is important information meant to facilitate the hotel booking process for CAC’s upcoming 54th Annual Reunion. It is very important that you use this information when making hotel reservations as the hotel will not accept the booking code over the phone the way they have in the past. This is being done to protect our room block from hotel guests not attending the reunion.

This website has been tested numerous times and is very user friendly. You might receive this e-mail again in the coming months. It is necessary to make sure everyone affected by this change gets the information -Gloria Lovell

Wrestling Documentary Gets The Red Carpet Treatment by

Dr. Mike Lano

350 Days – Legends. Champions. Survivors.

is the name of a new wrestling documentary directed by Fulvio Cecere using many of my photos shot all over the world. It refers back to the territory days on through the 1980’s where “350 days” were typically the number of recognized days worked by a typical wrestler out of any given grueling year. The film had a totally unique “one night only” world premiere concept. On Thursday, July 12th, it debuted in over 400 theaters nationwide, plus two big Red Carpet events. One in New York City and one at Hollywood’s famous Grauman’s/TLC Chinese Theater. Evan Ginzburg* and I worked hard at promoting all theater screenings for weeks as well as inviting celebs for both NYC and L.A.

The History of the Red Carpet

So what exactly is a Red Carpet? Red Carpets reportedly originated from Renaissance times, where royalty and saints would walk on a blessed red rug waving at citizens, often mounting a horse and riding away to their castle or church once the RC had concluded. It’s defined as a celebratory party marking a project’s debut or film’s opening night. Many of 350’s stars “walked” the red carpet, as well as other celebs, directors, and producers just like ‘carpet’ events at major award shows like the Emmy awards. The stars stop and turn for photos while standing on it, give brief quotes for either taped or live media coverage, and stop and chat while being interviewed before heading into a theater for the actual premiere of a TV show or movie.

In the 350 Days film itself, there was an eclectic bunch of wrestlers interviewed and from many different territorial generations, including opening host JJ Dillon*, Bret Hart*, Judo Gene Lebell*, Angelo Mosca*, Ted Dibiase*, Farmer Pete, Wendi Richter, Ox Baker*, Jimmy Snuka, Lanny Poffo*, Bill Eadie*, Bushwhacker Luke, Larry Sharpe*, Abby, Wolfman Farkas*, Paul Orndorff, Tito Santana, Killer (Walter) Kowalski*, Greg Valentine and his first major tag partner in the late Don Fargo* (working as Johnny and Donnie Fargo in the NWF) and many others like West Coast great and regular CAC’er Ric Draisin* who discussed his many injuries as did Lex Luger. Many will remember Ric’s years of service to the Lebell/Hollywood Wrestling Office from 1970 on as he faced Blassie*, Tolos*, Killer Kowalski, Shibuya* and the late/great Masa Saito, Gordman and Goliath, Masked Pro Doug Gilbert, Cowboy Frankie Laine and many other stars. Nikolai Volkoff brought up one of the most emotional aspects of the film in helping Fred reconnect with a daughter he’d not seen in some 50 years and how Fred cried when he finally got to meet her in person. Total legends Don Leo Jonathon* and Stan Hansen* talked about how they made it.

The boys (and Wendi) talked and were often filmed at their homes, about the artistry of the business itself, how they got into it, life on the road, injuries and inherent difficulties within the biz, PED’s in the industry, arena rats; but some also talked of the friendships and fun they had on the road with most admitting they wouldn’t have changed a thing if they had it all to do over, even amidst divorces and breakups. Richter spoke outdoors, near her prize pony, about how her parents disapproved and how tough her road as a women’s wrestler was, but how much fun she had, plus how proud she was of her in-ring contributions. The opening is fantastic with “on the road” traveling music playing while one can only guess “these hands” belong to none other than Hammer Greg Val. When Ox Baker talked up his own cookbook that he sold at a vendor table at his first Vegas CAC, he tried putting over that he was one of the great culinary artists in wrestling. Fulvio mentioned that when Ox put his cookbook together, he’d simply lifted recipes out of cooking magazines; but that Ox kindly made up for it by naming each recipe after one of the boys who’d

passed away. So one has to love “the Ox” and feel his love for wrestling and all the characters he faced in it from Lou Thesz* and Billy Robinson* to Dick the Bruiser, Ernie Ladd*, “The Sheik”*, Pampero Firpo*. Fulvio’s one of the few in this “Shoot Tape” era who’s been able to get Bret Hart* to openly discuss his own PED use, well before the WWF title was put on him. For me, Bret was the heart and soul of this film with his always impassioned honesty, love and respect for wrestling, and most importantly, his family therein.

Walking the red carpet at Grauman’s/TLC Chinese Theater included Taya Valkyrie (Impact, Lucha Underground, AAA) who brought Impact locker room interviewer McKenzie (who told me that she does a ton of work, including on-screen graphics behind the scenes), Eli Drake, Chris Daniels*, Frankie Kazarian*, Scorpio Sky (SoCal Uncensored in both NJPW & ROH), MMA legends Judo Gene Lebell* and Josh Barnett, Al Burke*, and film/TV star David Arquette, with Championship Wrestling From Hollywood show promoter and longtime CACer in David Marquez*. CAC’s own Rock Riddle*, major Hollywood Producer/Director Mitch Ackerman* who brought other industry major players and many others. Arquette even got into what most thought was a “shoot” angle while he was being interviewed by many of us on the Red Carpet. His foe, days later for David’s first ring foray in years (Championship Wrestling From Hollywood’s RJ I believe his work name is) came up twice, slapped and got into it with David until ‘security’ whisked the latter away. Great heat for their upcoming Sunday national TV taping show. Arquette has really learned some of wrestling’s nuances from recent re-training, and really sold the slaps well. That skit alone totally fooled the non-wrestling media including TMZ (who said “we had no clue”) and made the trip worth it for many like “SoCal Uncensored.”

I invited Taya Valkyre, Ackerman (who Roddy Piper* had long roomed with as his best celebrity friend), original 80’s GLOW stars Cheryl “Lightning/Lil Mo” Rusa*, “Royal Hawaiian”*, and “Hollywood” Jeanne Basone*. Five other GLOW greats came on their own including Matilda the Hun*.

BIO: Was with the CAC for 36 years 1979 till 2015 including 24 years as Executive Vice President, Board Chairman and CEO.

The CAC and the historical host locations

In 1965 when Mike Mazurki* decided he wanted to start the club and had no idea what to call it. His friends, Maria Bernardi* and Art Abrams*, had ideas like squared circle gang, boxers and wrestlers united and it was Art who looked at Mike’s very generous large left ear and said Cauliflower Alley Club. It covers wrestlers, boxers, managers, cut men, referees, announcers, promotors, and actors. Thus the CAC was born in 1965; it was a closed private club with very strict rules to join, and required two existing members in good standing (dues paid up, a giant $10 a year) to nominate you and be responsible for your actions and behavior for one year. You also had to be one of the above. No family members or fans were allowed to attend the weekly lunches held every Wednesday at Mike’s café called The Baron’s Castle in the historic Elks Lodge in downtown Los Angeles; about a mile from the famous Olympic Auditorium where wrestling was every Wednesday night with live TV hosted by Dick Lane. Most of the wrestlers working the shows would be there as they cut the promos every Wednesday for all the upcoming weekly shows run by Hollywood wrestling, including Pasadena Arena, Hollywood Legion, South Gate Arena, The Olympic, Long Beach Auditorium, Ocean Park Arena, San Diego Coliseum, Bakersfield, Redondo Beach, Valley Gardens, and San Bernardino plus three spot shows. One promotion with a group of local promotors ran 14 weekly shows. You can see why all the major workers wanted to be booked in Los Angeles. Longest trip was 120 miles and you could work five or six nights a week depending on your

drawing power with the fans and if the booker liked you. Bookers included Mr. Moto*, Hardy Kruskamp*, Joe Pazandak, Jules Strongbow, Leo Garibaldi*, Louis Tillet, Red Bastien*, and others. Today they are all gone and The Olympic is a Korean church.

The Baron’s Castle only seated about 40 people. By 1970 more would show up. Mike was well established as a movie star and was able to get a nice size room that would seat 75 at the very famous Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (same place the Academy Awards were held). The movie stars who were in town for a film but lived elsewhere, that is where the studio would put them up. Countless movies were filmed there and the Cinegrill (called the “library”) night club and bar is there in the lobby. The hotel is used today for the Turner Classic Movies channel annual fan fest. A three day affair with major speakers and events for the fans draws several thousand fans paying from $900 to $2500 for the three days. Marilyn Monroe lived there for two years. If you’re ever in Hollywood it is still the place to go for a drink and photoshoot. You will more then likely run into an actor or movie star. Unless you want to say you stayed there, the rooms start at $305 a night and go up to a month’s wages for a working man, but the lobby is free. You can look at all the movie

memorabila and take photos. Our weekly meetings were held there for almost two years. On occasion the room would not be available, so those who wanted to make the 20 plus mile drive to Long Beach would meet on the world famous ship the Queen Mary (CAC member and ex-wrestler Bob Gregory was the Queen’s captain for years - Editor), which had now become a luxury hotel and dining experience. Strangely enough, to go aboard and look around there was no charge at that time. We met in one of the medium size dining rooms and had banquets there when the club was doing a special award. Unfortunately, I never attended any event there but had been there for other events pertaining to my own business. One year when Verne Gagne* and his wife Mary came to visit and spend a few days with us, the one place they wanted to go was to have dinner on the Queen Mary in the Palace Room. I told Verne that it is a pretty pricey place but very nice. He said, “what is pricey”, told him dinner, dessert, and wine for about $450 to $500 (remember this was 35 years ago). He said “I can’t let you spend that much on us” and I had not even offered to pay yet. He said let’s cut the cards two out of two loses and pays it all. If we go broadway, (each win one) we go dutch. He lost both. Those of you who knew Verne, him picking up the $530 tab was so rare but so much fun to watch. Verne was a great guy and became a close friend over the years, up until the illness stole his memory.

Next we moved on to the original Spaghetti Factory on Hollywood Blvd. which was still less then five miles from the Olympic Auditorium. Here we had a nice size private room that could seat 100 and they would assign two or three waitresses to us depending on the crowd. We would always have a full lunch, and then Mike would conduct a meeting on the plans to grow the club and what was going on in the movie world. We always have a guest speaker, sometimes from the boxing world or movies or special guest wrestler who was in for a few weeks or just a retired old timer. When Lord James Blears*, Baron Leone*, Buddy Rogers* or Lou Thesz* would let Maria know they were coming, she would call everyone and all the So Cal members would come-about 80 to 90. When I joined the club in 1979 there was a total of 368 CAC members from all parts of the USA with 125 living in California. It was the next year, we decided to have annual awards and banquets and held the first one in 1979 at the Encino Hilton Hotel. With the success of it, we decided to make it an annual event and thus came the very elite and special relationship with the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City. We would be here for the next 19 years. The club’s 25th was held there and had 525 in attendance-all in the business. It was March 21, 1992, there were 25 honorees, and the MC’s were Bill Harris of Showtime and myself. The entire program took two hours and 22 minutes and the first Iron Mike Award was to Woody Strode* who had made six movies with Mike Mazurki and nine with John Wayne. There were six wrestlers, five boxers, five lady wresters, five movie stars, and special awards to Danny Hodge*, Stanley Weston* and Archie Moore*. After the awards, about 10pm, we had Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass for dancing till 2am. About 2/3 stayed and the year Raquel Welch came every guy stayed and she gracefully danced with all who had the guts to ask her. We tried it the first year in Vegas at the top of the Riviera and it was not the same. Just had a local band, but it was not a repeater. Take a few minutes to look these up on the internet.

Like most recording artist they do not take their back up groups on the road but use the local studio musicians, in this case it the Vibra Tones who backed up Herb Alpert, Al Hirt and Billy Vaughn.

Since 2000, we have been to the Riviera and Plaza a total of 10 years and now at the Gold Coast for eight years. Just signed a new 3-year deal with them. So, the CAC is still the best bargain in the business at $125,00 for two dinners, all the awards, nostalgia room, seminars, bowling, cribbage and very affordable rooms under $50.00 per night.

Verne Langdon*

A very unique and multi-talented CAC member Verne Langdon was a monster mask maker, musician, circus clown, wrestler and trainer, magician, make-up artist, radio host, voice-over artist, producer, actor, puppeteer, composer, song writer, singer, keyboardist, recording artist, writer, and comic.

• Born 9/15/41 - Died 1/1/11

• Owner of Slammer’s “SLAM U” University of Professional Wrestling, Slammer’s Wrestling Gym, Slammer’s World Wrestling Museum and Hall of Fame. Slammer’s had their grand opening on September 22, 1989. Slammers – 12165 Branford St. Sun Valley, Ca. – Produced Ashley Hudson, Jeff Lindberg, Angel (SoCal), Ed Ferrara, Homeless Jimmy, El Toro Bravo, Carlos Torres, The Messiah, and Angel (John Chavez - 2001-2015)

• 1963 Began creating Halloween masks of the famous monsters of classic horror movies (Mummy, Mr. Hyde, Wolf Man, Phantom, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Creature, et al.)

• 1972 Created symphonic scary music

• Creative force, and part owner (50%) of Don Post Studios(1963-1968) known for “Calendar masks” Don Post was the originator of the over-thehead rubber mask. Merchandise mogul Norma Jean Trietch (Wright) hired Don to create Gorgeous George heads for hand puppets that were sold commercially.

• Verne and longtime friend Don Post saw the Studio ascend to International fame with their Universal Studios high quality Hollywood Horror masks and calendar masks.

• Creator of the most sought after collector’s mask “The Zombie”. Prices for these masks range up to $2500

• Creator-producer of the cult classic Decca LP An Evening With Boris Karloff And His Friends. Contains scores from the original Universal films narrated by Karloff.

• Creator of “The Land of a Thousand Faces” Make-up show in 1975

• Creator of the “Castle Dracula” horror show in 1980 for Universal Studios Tour in Hollywood.

• Inspired the “World of Verne Langdon” instagram

• Created a special hard to find mask for the “Amazing ZU the Gargoyle (a pro wrestler with Slammers)

• Slammer’s World Wrestling Museum and Hall of Fame contained glass cases with memorabilia from Gorgeous George, Fabu-

lous Moolah*, Sam Houston* & Baby Doll, George Drake, Charlie Moto*, John Tolos*, Billy Anderson*, Bobby Heenan*, Cheri Dupre (Gorgeous George’s wife), Freddy Blassie*, Vince McMahon Jr.*, and Art Abrams*. Had a gold life mask of Tor Johnson the “Super Swedish Angel”

• Worked on all 5 Planet of the Apes films providing special make-up effects

• Staff artist at CBS

• Sue Cabral Ebert (West Coast’s Make-up union president) said “He was an extremely gifted, artistic man”.

• “Verne was a very independent thinker; very, very humorous, very interested in new ideas, a stickler for perfection,” Monsterpalooza producer Eliot Brodsky said. “He appreciated people who gave 100 percent to whatever they were working on. Every five years he seemed to move into a new field. He was interested in living life to the fullest.” - Makeup Artist Magazine

• Convinced LA mayor Tom Bradley to declare September 21, 1991 - “Slammer’s Wrestling Gym Day”

• Mother was staff first cellist with NBC radio in San Francisco. His father played violin. Verne’s uncle was Red Nichols (Jazz cornetist for famed band Red Nichols and the 5 Pennies.)

• Amateur wrestled in high school and one year at San Jose State where he also played football and had a radio show that included wrestling.

• Started pro wrestling with Ramon Torres, but the Fabulous Moolah*, Tor Johnson, Catalina George Drake were his main trainers.

• “A lot of times, if your teacher doesn’t have a name or one they’ve heard of, they think they are probably not a good teacher. Big names and known wrestlers doesn’t (sic) necessarily make good teachers.” - From Wrestling Then & Now

• Produced wrestling training videos

• Made masks for TV’s The Outer Limits, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents

• Had a license plate on his Corvette that stated “SLAM U”

• Verne believed in behaving like a professional if you are going to claim to be a professional

• Either worked with or managed make-up artists in TV shows Different Strokes, Match Game, and The Jim Nabors Hour. Made prosthetics for the movies The Comedy of Terror, and The Haunted Palace.

• ...he said, remembering when his father took him to the Civic Auditorium in San Francisco. “The cigar smoke, beer and popcorn smells, the American Legion band playing “The Star-Spangled Banner”. I love the wrestling and the stars of today, but wrestling at the Civic and being there with my dad those nights, it just beat everything.” The experience, he said, instilled in him the thrill of the sport forever.

• Worked on several Vincent Price movies.

• Created all of the monsters for Hollywood’s famous Magic Castle.

• See Trader Verne’s Tiki Lounge for drink recipes, including his Zombies. traderverne.com

• Taught make-up at Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey clown college.

• Albums (www.vernelangdon.com)

- Doctor Druid’s Haunted Seance (1973) (LP, Album)

- Phantom Of The Organ (1973) (4 versions)

- The Vampyre At The Harpsichord (1974) (LP)

Halloween Spooktacular ! - Horrific Scary Scores & Sounds (1985) (LP)

- Phantom & Vampyre (2003) (CD, Album) includes “Zombie Sonata”, “Carnivals of Souls”, “Zombie Suite #1#3”, and “Flowers of Evil”

- Poe With Pipes with John Carradine reciting Poe’s poetry (1975) (LP)

- Verne also produced Jonathan Winters “Ringtones”, composed “A Very Special Time”, and wrote/ arranged “Old Folks” (2006) (CD, Single)

Don Post Studios made a foam latex mask of Peter Lorre, worn by the actor’s stunt double Harvey Parry* in Comedy of Terrors (AIP 1954)

Harvey Parry*

Stuntman for the movies 60 years, still performing in his 80’s working in over 600 movies.

• Stunt doubled for John Wayne, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, and Clark Gable

• Movies - Escape from New York (w/CAC member Ox Baker* playing Slag), Viva Las Vegas (w/Elvis), Spartacus (w/CAC member’s Kirk Douglas*, and Woody Strode*), Casablanca (w/ Bogart), Think Fast, Mr. Moto, Werewolf in London, The Prizefighter and the Lady (w/Strangler Lewis, boxing champions Jack Dempsey, Max Baer, Jackie Fields*, James J. Jeffries, Frank Moran, Billy Papke, and Jess Willard), The Hunchback of Notre Dame, King Kong, The Comedy of Terror (w/Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, and Boris Karloff), Raging Bull, The Main Event (w/CAC member Rory Calhoun*, and Jimmy Lennon*), Ringside, Killer McCoy (w/Mickey Rooney, boxer Lew Jenkins*, and Jimmy Lennon Sr.*). and in the video documentary short The Dean of Hollywood: A Conversation with Stunt Legend Harvey Parry. - “A good stuntman - his mind has to be at least fourteen feet ahead of his body. That’s the way to stay alive.”

U.S. Commemorative Stamps

Issued April 27, 1994, the US Postal Department issued 10-29 cent US commemorative postage stamps celebrating stars of the silent screen. Artist Al Hirschfeld drew the scenes that included Lon Sr., Rudolph Valentino, Charlie Chaplin, and the Keystone Cops*

*CAC member Korkey Goldstein* the last living member of the Keystone Kops. He was a CAC member and mascot for years.

Issued September 1997, the US Postal Department issued 5-32 cen commemorative postage stamps celebrating “Famous Movie Monsters Featured are Bela as Dracula (1931), Lon Chaney as The Phantom Opera (1925), Lon Chaney Jr. for The Wolfman (1941), and two of Boris Karloff as The Mummy (1932), and Frankenstein’s monster in Frankenstein (1931).

"Korkey" (Korky) Goldstein*

• Real name is Abe Goldstein

• Korkey the Komic Kop

• Born 10/12/96 in Ohio, Died 2/15/90

• Acrobat/clown

• Lost an eye in his Army service

• Worked in “Keystone Kop” movies

• Worked in oversized cop uniform with white greasepaint face, red nose and lips, tearful streaked eyes, foam billy club

• Had a comedy dog act

• Clowned until his 90’s

• Started in circus life in 1905, worked with the Cole Brothers Circus

• Circus, Vaudeville, Burlesque, Minstrel shows, and Films

harvey Parry (L) and Jimmy Cagney* (R)

Quasimodo The Hunchback

• Born in Spain, (1927-9/20/04)

• Victor Castilla Sancha used this gimmick in Germany, Japan, Mexico, England, France and the U.S. 5’3 and 220 lbs

• Flourished in France after being brought to Europe from South America. Debuted in 1943. Often teamed with Monster Roussimoff (Andre the Giant)

• Had a bell which he rang after every victory. His specialty move was the bell ringer swing.

THE MUNSTERS

In S1E8 of The Munsters, Herman becomes a masked wrestler to earn money for Eddie’s future education. He has matches against Count Billy Varga* (as Strangler Murphy), Gene LeBell* (as Tarzan McGirk), and Jay York* (as Crusher Kowalski). In the final match of the episode Herman wins the match and removes his mask warning the crowd of a fire resulting in a mass exodus of the arena. Herman saves the crowd from the fire. Also appearing are CAC members Tiger Joe Marsh*, The Great John L.*, and Jimmy Lennon Sr.*

• Another Hunchback was Liverpool born Buddy “Kojak” Ward. Real name is Alfred Woodward. Worked as Doctor Death from 1957 to 70’s. 4,000 matches. “Champion of Cheshire” Married 6x, father of 30.

• Rafael Nunez (Scorpio Jr.), AWA 1995

• Although only a few people chose to work under this name and, unfortunately, none from our club. Isn’t it about time a member picked up the gauntlet and ran with this as his (hers) new gimmick. All you need is a hooded mid-length tattered robe, thick leather studded waist belt, and a hump. (I guess that’s the hard part).

BIO: I’ve been a newsstand magazine photographer/ writer since the sixties and covered every CAC event since the late eighties.

Preserving History is in CAC’s DNA

Member/Contributor Bertrand Hebert* is the ultimate Quebec historian/expert along with his multiple book co-author tag partner in Patric Laprade*. Both have attended and contributed greatly to CAC since 2012. Bertrand outdid himself this year with his “Mad Dogs, Midgets & Screw Jobs:How Montreal Shaped The World Of Wrestling” seminar based on their book of the same name covering the wonderful Montreal wrestling scene and beyond. Bertrand recounted the important Vachon* Family/Grand Prix and Rougeau Family/Lutte groups and their territorial rivalry there in the early seventies plus Montreal’s earliest cards, promoters and athletes to current-day indies. He and Patric have researched all the unique history involved there and beyond the Province for many years. Paired with the seminar on Pacific Northwest Wrestling MC’d by Ron Hutchison*; these were amongst our best-ever seminars with packed lecture rooms. Glory days territorial magic and wrestling history overall is a precious commodity. Few treat it with as much love and respect as Bertrand who, if that wasn’t enough, also oversaw his daily book vendor-booth plus presented “Mike Dubois/Alexis Smirnoff” with his CAC award on-stage. Patric has never let broken leg bones or injuries stop him from attending CAC each year. But despite his best efforts, he was stuck this year in Montreal doing WWE Raw/Smackdown commentary for their French edition and global market. Patric was also still doing tireless promotion for HBO’s terrific Andre documentary (still available On-Demand) and was a Field Producer and major talking head in the film. Bertrand also reviewed Andre Roussimoff’s history. How he got to Montreal’s Grand Prix to begin with after his famous first Japan tour as Monster Rousimoff where he got the attention of Karl Gotch* and other legends there. Bertrand and seminar guest Smirnoff discussed how Andre started his wrestling career in France. And how then Montreal Grand Prix global stars like “Killer Kowalski”*, Don Leo Jonathon*, Tarzan “Le Boot” Tyler, the Leducs, obviously “Mad Dog”* & Butcher Vachon* besides others carefully helped Andre get over like magic.

bulletin that spanned the U.S. and Canada. “This way, I’d keep track of where the grapplers were. During this period, I became friends with many historians like Bob Nitsche, Burt Ray and Tom Gannon. When I joined the Society of American Baseball Research in 1980, I soon became more interested in wrestling’s history than baseball’s. It was like being a detective trying to solve mysteries. The period after the Civil War to the early 1960’s is where I do most of my research. I have as many wrestler bookings as possible which also tells who changed their ring names. J Michael Kenyon* and I reviewed each city in our search via newspaper clippings and more. When Farmer Burns passed away in 1937, newspapers reported that Burns had lost his American Heavyweight title to Tom Jenkins in Cleveland in 1897. After researching this I found that it was another of wrestling’s many historical errors. It was Dan McLeod defeating Burns on October 26, 1897 in Indianapolis for the title.

Newspapers often reported Joe Malcewicz had defeated Earl Caddock in Utica, NY before Joe Stecher beat Caddock for the world championship in January 1920, but never claimed the title. After lengthy research I discovered the match took place on 1/14/21.

Don’s recent projects include trying to find out when exactly wrestling’s 3-count started. “In the 1800s, to win a fall both shoulders had to touch the mat with no count needed. The 3-count started sometime in the early 1900s. Lou Thesz* told me that the earliest he followed wrestling was 1924 but was not aware of it then.”

Bertrand said these legends helped finesse Andre’s existing routine, while helping him make best use of his skills to truly become “that giant.”

Bertrand then discussed Andre’s history with Vince McMahon Sr.* (his next promoter in concert with aide from Verne Gagne*) and how Andre was eventually booked globally to become the biggest touring attraction exceeding prior ones like Gorgeous George, Happy Humphrey and Haystack Calhoun. Bertrand and Patric’s other books that belong in everyone’s library also include Pat Patterson’s* Accepted; Mad Dog: The Maurice Vachon Story and in 2020 will release their ultimate Andre biography.

Another major historian is Don Luce* who was back with us in Vegas. He told me he first discovered wrestling in the Buffalo Evening News circa 1949, soon became a fan and in 1960 began his famous results

Our always active President Brian Blair* represented CAC in attending Anvil Jim Neidhart’s service. Brian was a longtime pal of Anvil, a total locker-room character beyond his many athletic accomplishments in both amateur and pro sports. We send our deepest condolences to wrestling’s wonderful Hart family. I attended my friend Walt Harris’ funeral 8/27/18. Walt passed at age 97 and was wrestling and roller derby’s oldest living territory-days classic announcer but with tv-anchor news credibility. He started doing top-40 radio for KFRC, then began at KTVU TV-2 in the same San Francisco/ San Jose region. Walt said “In 1961, when Roy Shire* was sent out from Indianapolis by Jim Barnett (with much of his talent) to muscle out Joe Malcewicz and take charge promoting wrestling on the West Coast, I was Roy’s host/announcer for National All-Star Wrestling until 1970 when he had to relocate weekly tapings from Oakland KTVU’s to Sacramento”. Walt, like Gordon Solie* and Lance Russell*, was a real TV expert and had produced amateur and pro sports including the NBA, NFL and baseball’s Giants soon after they moved from NY to San Francisco. Unlike any other announcer, Walt was a true newsperson having anchored KTVU’s earliest morning and evening news besides producing sports and weather segments. Shire’s TV was shown all over the west coast including Honolulu before CAC honorees Ed Francis and Lord Blears* began their own local studio show. TV-wrestling announcer and Film/TV star Dick Lane told me in a 1973 interview that “Walt Harris was the best in the business, barnone. A real professional who always did his homework.” Walt attended one CAC banquet. Wrestling History-never let it die.

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The move the “Frankensteiner” was invented

you Gary & Al for your support The second person to win the quilt had a winning bid of $300 We still need to give the second winner of the quilt an IRS tax write off document, so will the winner please identify themselves?

This photo was mislabeled in the last issue. The correct cutline is: Baron von Raschke, Gary DeRusha, & Mrs. Baron