12.01.2008, 17:00
Dixon Telegraph
Dixon, Illinois
9 November 1948
New Mat War “Superman” Rivals ‘Gorgeous George’
New York – (NEA) – George Wagner let his blond hair grow, had it marcelled, acquired a wardrobe and a valet, took the name Gorgeous George, and became the most magnetic attraction in wrestling by at least three to one.
Gorgeous George, the mat darling of the Hollywood picture colony, was such big business by the tim ehe come east for the first time that Toots Mondt, who obtained the rights on him walked out on his New York partners, Al Mayer and Willie Johnston.
Unable to book Gorgeous George, the Mayer-Johnston axis bobbed up with Golden Superman – real name Walter Podolak.
Gorgeous George bounces into the battle pit clad in a taffeta-quilted robe worked in sequins, wide sash and side drapery to slenderize the waistline. He doesn’t go to work until his man sprays the canvas with a disinfectant. My my!
Golden Superman hops the hemp in a golden harness matching his hair, strikes more magnificent poses than did Mussolini.
Thus the rasslin’ dodge becomes even more amusing, with attire supplementing the acrobatics and histrionics.
Gorgeous George, an Oregonian, struggled along for 15 years. He got the resplendency idea from a grappler who called himself Lord Landsdown, old bean, and climbed into the enclosure with a monocle.
He appeared in and around Los Angeles until the movie crowd picked him up very much in the same manner that Mysterious Montague, the trick golfer and strong man, was endorsed several years back.
Gorgeous George and his curls and perfume were made when he appeared on radio programs with Bob Hope, Gary Cooper, Eddie Cantor and Burt Lancaster. And why not? He can out-act all of them. At a recent benefit in Los Angeles, he wrestled Lancaster and Hope was his valet. The newsreel people photographed him.
Gorgeous George spent considerable money on clothes and robes, and worked at being a dude like Lucius Beche. It’s no eacy matter to go to a hair dresser daily – ask the missus – then have to pull and tug at night.
Golden Superman, a squatty Pole out of Syracuse, but no sap, has been applying hammers and locks for 16 years. He holds weight-lifting titles.
“Gorgeous George has no physique,” says Golden Superman. “He’s all in one hunk.”
Gorgeous George and Golden Superman aren’t freaks in the strict sense, but the one had better streer clear of a Delilah and the other simply has to be harnessed like a trotter.
Professional wrestling isn’t dead.
Gorgeous George and Golden Superman make it livelier and funnier than ever.
Dixon, Illinois
9 November 1948
New Mat War “Superman” Rivals ‘Gorgeous George’
New York – (NEA) – George Wagner let his blond hair grow, had it marcelled, acquired a wardrobe and a valet, took the name Gorgeous George, and became the most magnetic attraction in wrestling by at least three to one.
Gorgeous George, the mat darling of the Hollywood picture colony, was such big business by the tim ehe come east for the first time that Toots Mondt, who obtained the rights on him walked out on his New York partners, Al Mayer and Willie Johnston.
Unable to book Gorgeous George, the Mayer-Johnston axis bobbed up with Golden Superman – real name Walter Podolak.
Gorgeous George bounces into the battle pit clad in a taffeta-quilted robe worked in sequins, wide sash and side drapery to slenderize the waistline. He doesn’t go to work until his man sprays the canvas with a disinfectant. My my!
Golden Superman hops the hemp in a golden harness matching his hair, strikes more magnificent poses than did Mussolini.
Thus the rasslin’ dodge becomes even more amusing, with attire supplementing the acrobatics and histrionics.
Gorgeous George, an Oregonian, struggled along for 15 years. He got the resplendency idea from a grappler who called himself Lord Landsdown, old bean, and climbed into the enclosure with a monocle.
He appeared in and around Los Angeles until the movie crowd picked him up very much in the same manner that Mysterious Montague, the trick golfer and strong man, was endorsed several years back.
Gorgeous George and his curls and perfume were made when he appeared on radio programs with Bob Hope, Gary Cooper, Eddie Cantor and Burt Lancaster. And why not? He can out-act all of them. At a recent benefit in Los Angeles, he wrestled Lancaster and Hope was his valet. The newsreel people photographed him.
Gorgeous George spent considerable money on clothes and robes, and worked at being a dude like Lucius Beche. It’s no eacy matter to go to a hair dresser daily – ask the missus – then have to pull and tug at night.
Golden Superman, a squatty Pole out of Syracuse, but no sap, has been applying hammers and locks for 16 years. He holds weight-lifting titles.
“Gorgeous George has no physique,” says Golden Superman. “He’s all in one hunk.”
Gorgeous George and Golden Superman aren’t freaks in the strict sense, but the one had better streer clear of a Delilah and the other simply has to be harnessed like a trotter.
Professional wrestling isn’t dead.
Gorgeous George and Golden Superman make it livelier and funnier than ever.