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MAIN MASK's 'CURIOS'-NEANDERTHAL ANGEL!

in Memories of the Old Days

Down the Decades Professional Wrestling has Produced some Weird and Wonderful Characters

hasn't it?-The Gamut and Range has been Enormous-The Sinister GHOUL- The AFRICAN

Witchdoctor- Some of The Great MASKED Men!-But Let's not Forget Wrestling's Connections

to Circus Side Shows amongst others!-Whilst I don't know of ANY Bearded Lady Wrestlers-We have

had more than a Few 'Freakish' Characters!!

But how many of the Latter have actually been BANNED for 'Scaring' The Audience so much??

KATHLEEN LOOK-The Country's First Successful Lady Promoter for 10 Years- A Great Achievement

in itself in the 1930's for a Woman-Put On MAURICE TILLET-The Original ANGEL at BELLE VUE!

He was pretty Quickly D. Q. d-but so Disturbed the Crowd by his Hideous Appearance that she Refused

to Promote him again and Banned him from The KINGS HALL for good!

Just prior to this Promotional Posters came out Heralding his Arrival!-In the Late '30's!

Below I'm Holding My Very Rare Poster Announcing the 'Coming of this 'NEANDERTHAL'!!

Perhaps he made QUASIMODO Look 'Normal'??

MAIN MASK

24 comments

24 Comments

thefrenchangeldeathmask

Jun 08, 2021

"THE ANGEL-NOT in Caricature!.....Or IS it??". That's one of my favorite pictures of Maurice as a proper gentleman. It's one they also used on his gravestone.

thefrenchangeldeathmask

Jun 08, 2021

bjh99 - Thanks for letting me know. It reminds of something someone shared with me a couple of years ago. He took a picture of it at the CAC in 2018. The poster might look familiar. The copy adrianpollard.shangri-la has shared here I think is #3 I have seen. Maybe 4. The colors make me think that Karl Pojello likely had them created and I've wanted to know if Karl's stamp is on the back. It is on two other hard card-stock posters I have.

bjh99

Jun 08, 2021

Thefrenchangeldeathmask.

The scrap book was given away about 60 years ago and then scrapped I believe. Sorry can't help.

Anglo Italian

Jun 08, 2021

Great stuff, Main Mask!

adrianpollard.shangri-la

Jun 08, 2021

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Many Thanx ANGLO!!

thefrenchangeldeathmask

Jun 08, 2021

adrianpollard.shangri-la - I have been looking for that exact poster for quite some time. If you ever come up with a “I don’t want to sell it price” please let me know!! You mentioned the poster being from the 1930’s.

I’m curious why you might place it during the late 30’s.

My initial thought would have been from the early 40's after Harvard Anthropology measured Maurice and "declared him" the closest living physical specimen to Neanderthal. I am curious if the "throwback" image started back in Europe. Apologies for coveting the poster but I collect only on Maurice & his manager Karl Pojello.

bjh99 – “Jack must have really liked this fellow because the front half of this book was filled with Maurice Tillet photos and articles.”. Please post pictures or details. I’d be grateful!!

Hack – Thanks for mentioning my blog-site

RON HISTORYO....Time Cop – Good to see you posting here Sir!!

Please feel free to join me on my Facebook tribute page to Maurice. I share every new thing I find on Maurice or Karl on that site: https://www.facebook.com/maurice.tillet.10

Thanks for sharing!!

TOM - The guy behind the profile.

adrianpollard.shangri-la

Jun 08, 2021

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Hi FRENCHANGELDEATHMASK!- Many Thanx for your Post!!

I Believe THE ANGEL was First Promoted by KATHLEEN LOOK and ATHOLL

OAKELEY at KINGS HALL BELLE VUE MANCHESTER in The Late 1930's!-

I Have Several Programmes for him!-

Due to The War- There was NO Professional Wrestling at BELLE VUE- A Large

Leisure Complex-between 1939- and JANUARY 1945!!- and Even The SPEEDWAY

Stopped in 1941-as MANCHESTER was a Prime Target for The LUFTWAFFE!!

Nothing Wrong at all about Coveting Wrestling Memorabilia TOM!!

I've Saved the Best Bit to The End of This Post!!

Regarding This Poster!...I Actually Have 3!!! of These!-ALL 100% Original!

If you E-Mail theriotsquad@hotmail.com-I Will Authorise Them to give you My

Contact E-Mail!!

MAIN MASK

thefrenchangeldeathmask

Jun 08, 2021

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@adrianpollard.shangri-la I gave "TheRiotSquad" a write and shared with them my personal email. Looking forward to communicating!!. Great picture of Karl there. I was introduced in the connection of Kathleen Look & Karl in the King's Coronation program. Maurice would have been in training with Karl at the time Karl took part in the program. I think it has been pretty well-established that Karl took 2nd in that tournament. I am a little careful with OAKELEY's 1971 book and what he reports about Maurice as I have other writings from OAKELEY that differ. What's clear though is how much he appreciated Karl. One of the things mentioned in the book was how Karl, Maurice, and Manoogian were lived Christian values. In Karl's case not so much religious, as just

a good guy. Not too long ago I was chatting with Lanny Poffo, asking if he had any memory of his father's remembrances of Karl. He said his dad would mimic what Karl would say to people in Karl's accent, saying, "What kind mon are you?". The quote reminded me of what OAKELEY said about Karl's values.

adrianpollard.shangri-la

Jun 08, 2021

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@thefrenchangeldeathmask Hello Again TOM!-Yes!-I Have at Least 2 Original

Copies of The Above BELLE VUE Coronation Programme for 1937!!

I Attended The KINGS HALL at My Beloved BELLE VUE-Many Many Times-1966-

1981-When it Closed and Was Sadly Subsequently Demolished!-I Attended The Last

Ever Show at The HALL!- But NOT The First Ever Show in DECEMBER 1930!- Ha,Ha!!

I Have a Large Collection of BELLE VUE Wrestling Memorabilia-1930-1981!!

Below KARL POJELLO versus GOLDEN HAWK-MADELEY STREET BATHS-HULL

1933!!

Speak Soon!

MAIN MASK

Hack

Jun 29, 2020

A blog about Maurice Tillet

deathmaskofmauricetillet-theangel.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html

RON HISTORYO....Time Cop,

Jun 28, 2020

A picture of Boratti is very much on my list.

He and Wild Tarzan are mysteries.

bjh99

Jun 27, 2020

I have previously written about Jack Cunningham from Archway giving me a scrapbook of wrestling cuttings and pictures.

Well,Jack must have really liked this fellow because the front half of this book was filled with Maurice Tillet photos and articles.

I don't know how many times The Angel came to London, but the number must have been considerable.Either that or the papers loved writing news of him.

thefrenchangeldeathmask

Jun 08, 2021

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@adrianpollard.shangri-la - I've always been interested in the character development of "The Angel" in the 30's and into the 40's. In the beginning he was marketed as savage, etc. But this particular notation "super-dopey" is one that I am interested in. Almost universally Maurice is marketed, at least in the U.S., as intelligent. I always wondered how long his being marketed as being, less than intelligent being, lasted. I have one picture that clearly is representative of this and thought I would share.

adrianpollard.shangri-la

Jun 08, 2021

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@thefrenchangeldeathmask He Was 'Banned' from My Beloved BELLE VUE by

KATHLEEN LOOK after Only One Appearance!-It Seems He Was TOO Scary for

The Punters-By and Large-and She Feared Fewer People Might Turn-Up if she

Put him On again!-KINGS HALL being a 6000 Seat Arena-she wouldn't 'Risk'

Losing Revenue!!

It is Ironic That KARL POJELLO and MAURICE TILLET Died within Just Days of

Each Other!!

MAIN MASK

thefrenchangeldeathmask

Jun 08, 2021

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@adrianpollard.shangri-la - I have talked to Karl's family. In actuality they died 13 hour apart. Karl / Karl's wife & Maurice went in on a mansion together and turned it into a boarding house. Maurice & Karl got sick around the same time. They lived in different rooms in the house and when Karl died, in the house, Olga - Karl's wife - went to Maurice and told him Karl had passed. Maurice said something to the equivalent of "Then there is no more reason for me to stay". He died in the cook county hospital 13 hours later. I've been to the mansion. It's a bit of a rough neighborhood these days but has a wonderful owner. She got her hands on the original plans that Karl & Maurice put together that was turning the house into a boarding house. It's 10,000+ square feet. The neighbor somehow ended up with those original plans. I have pictures.

Hack

Jun 27, 2020

Kathleen Look and Oakeley seemed forever linked. In his book Oakeley says he sent Look to Belle Vue for the role of promoter because the Belle Vue manager didn't like him (I'm only going off memory). Throughout his book there it is a suggested she works for him. In that case Oakeley was controlling Belle Vue and the Free Trades Hall.