*APOLLO & THELMA: FAINE'S BIG PITCH TO MIGHTY APOLLO'S SONS*
*PHOTOS ABOVE: PORTRAITS THELMA MID 1960S & 1939-27yr. *IMAGES MIGHTY APOLLO: 1954, MIGHTY APOLLO ELEPHANT STANDING ON BODY. *1946, MIGHTY APOLLO AMAZING BACK DEVELOPMENT. *1949, MIGHTY APOLLO PULLS FULLY LOADED TRAM WITH HIS TEETH.*
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APOLLO & THELMA: A TRUE TALL TALE
*FAINE FIRST EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN WRITING A BOOK ABOUT THELMA IN THE MID 1980s. HE VOICED THIS TO MIGHTY APOLLO ON ONE OF HIS FEW, LATER VISITS.
*FAINE WAS ATTRACTED TO THELMA'S OUTBACK PIONEERING HISTORY & HER ASSOCIATION WITH THE INDIGENOUS. THE AUTHOR WAS INSPIRED BY THE UNUSUAL EVENTS SURROUNDING THELMA'S ESTATE.
*IN 2011, FAINE DURING A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH PAUL, PROPOSED THE THELMA BOOK, IDEA. HE WANTED THE SONS INPUT PERTAINING TO THELMA, MEMORIES, INFORMATION & HER ARCHIVAL PHOTOS.
*2016, FAINE PRIVATELY APPROACHED PAUL AFTER HIS ABC DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEW. FOR THE FIRST TIME, HE MENTIONED INCLUDING MIGHTY APOLLO IN A BOOK WITH THELMA. THE THEME OUTLINED, WAS THAT OF A BROTHER & SISTER, WHO HAD RISEN FROM THE POOR INNER SUBURBS OF MELBOURNE, BECOMING GROUND BREAKING PIONEERS IN THEIR FIELDS.
*PAUL INTERNALLY SHRUGGED THIS OFF AS JUST TALK. AT THIS STAGE HIS FOCUS WAS ON THE DOCUMENTARY. FAINE'S INTEREST IN INCLUDING APOLLO WAS NO SURPRISE, GIVEN THE PRODUCTION COMPANY'S MEDIA ATTENTION AT THE TIME.
*2017, FAINE VISITS PAUL'S GYM TO DISCUSS THE BOOK. HE WAS THEN TAKEN BY PAUL TO HIS PRIVATE WAREHOUSE RESIDENCE, TO VIEW MIGHTY APOLLO'S MEMORABILIA DISPLAY. AT THE APOLLO GYM, FAINE WAS SHOWN THE MANY REPRODUCTION PANELS DISPLAYED ON THE WALLS.
*AT THE GYM FAINE STATED HE WAS RETIRING SOON & WOULD LIKE TO WRITE A BOOK ABOUT MIGHTY APOLLO.
PAUL'S RESPONSE WAS DIRECT, EXPRESSING THAT FAINE KNEW NOTHING ABOUT MIGHTY APOLLO TO WRITE A BOOK, AS HE HAD HARDLY MEET HIM. TO THIS FAINE ARROGANTLY REPLIED THAT ANYONE CAN WRITE A BOOK & THERE IS NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.
*PAUL'S ANSWER, WAS THAT BEING APOLLO'S SON & ARCHIVAL CUSTODIAN, HE WOULD PUBLICLY SUPPLY EVIDENCE TO EXPOSE ANY FALSE STORY THAT WAS WRITTEN.
*= IN HINDSIGHT, AFTER SUCH A NEGATIVE COMMENT, PAUL SHOULD HAVE TERMINATED THE PROJECT THERE. PAUL'S REPLY DOES EXPLAIN THE MOTIVATING PURPOSE OF THIS WEBSITE.
*PAUL POINTED OUT TO FAINE, THAT HE HAD AMBITION IN WRITING A SELF PUBLISHED BOOK ABOUT MIGHTY APOLLO. THIS WOULD BE USING PRESS BOOKS VISUALS & ENTRIES FROM APOLLO'S PERSONAL DIARIES.
*FAINE WAS THEN QUICK TO HIGHLIGHT THAT HE WANTED TO COLLABORATE WITH THE SONS IN WRITING THE BOOK, USING THEIR ARCHIVES & INTERVIEWS. HE SAID HE HAD THE CONTACTS TO BRING PAUL'S BOOK IDEA INTO FRUITION. IN THIS WAY THE BOOK WOULD BE FACTUALLY CORRECT. AS A NEW INCLUSION, FAINE NOW STATED THAT HE WANTED TO INCLUDE THE SONS GROWING UP PROCESS AS PART OF THE BOOK.
*FAINE THEN REASSURED PAUL HE WOULD NOT PUBLISH ANYTHING UNLESS THE SONS HAD SEEN THE FULL DRAFT FIRST.
EVERYTHING WAS TO BE INFORMATIONALLY, CORRECT, CHECKED BY THE SONS.
*HE VOWED TO PAUL THAT HE WOULD NOT PUBLISH ANYTHING THAT THE SONS WERE UNHAPPY WITH. FAINE SAID THAT HE WANTED THIS BOOK TO BE SOMETHING THE SONS COULD HOLD UP HIGH & ONE THEY WERE ARE PROUD OF.
*TO THE SON'S DISMAY THE AUTHOR'S PROMISES WERE NOT UPHELD..THE BOOK WAS CREATED IN THE INTEREST OF SALES & A GRITTY STORY, RATHER THAN A FACTUALLY CORRECT DEPICTION. THIS HAS BEEN AT THE EXPENSE OF APOLLO'S LEGACY & EMOTIONAL DAMAGE TO THE SONS.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: SON’S MIGHTY APOLLO, MEMORABILIA DISPLAY*
* A DISPLAY WALL 6m HIGH, 15m LONG, EXTENDING IN SECTIONS 3m DEEEP. *THIS WAS VIEWED BY FAINE IN 2017. *YET IN HIS BOOK, IT IS FALSELY CLAIMED THAT PAUL DISPOSED OF MIGHTY APOLLO'S ITEMS AFTER HIS DEATH. THIS IS DISGRACEFUL FALSE STORY CREATION, MORE ON THIS TO COME FURTHER ON THIS SITE.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: MIGHTY APOLLO’S IMAGES, MOTIVATES MEMBERS*
*MIGHTY APOLLO GYM DOCKLAND COTTON MILLS, FOOTSCRAY 2017. *MIGHTY APOLLO PHOTO ENLARGEMENTS FROM HIS PRESS BOOKS, PRESENTED AROUND WALLS, OBSERVED BY FAINE ON HIS VISIT TO THE GYM.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: THE MIGHTY APOLLO GYM HISTORY IS UNIQUE*
*LOWER FLOOR, APOLLO GYM DOCKLANDS FOOTSCRAY 2017. *MIGHTY APOLLO DISLAY AS SEEN FROM THE BOTTOM OF STAIRS.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: ACHIEVEMENTS OF MIGHTY APOLLO ON PANELS*
*APOLLO GYM FOOTSCRAY 2017. *A CLOSER LOOK AT THE AMAZING IMAGES FROM MIGHTY APOLLO'S PRESS BOOK BLOW UPS, WHICH WERE ON SHOW AT THE GYM.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: MIGHTY APOLLO, A PHYSICAL CULTURE PIONEER*
*APOLLO GYM FOOTSCRAY 2017. *PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF MIGHTY APOLLO'S GREAT FEATS OF STRENGTH & PHYSICAL CULTURE, PIONEERING ACHIEVEMENTS.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: MIGHTY APOLLO TOP BILLED AS A SHOWMAN*
*APOLLO GYM FOOTSCRAY, TOP FLOOR 2017. *PANEL REPRODUCTIONS OF A SELECTION OF MIGHTY APOLLO'S TOURING POSTERS, ARTICLE FRONT COVERS & ADVERTISING OVER THE YEARS.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: FAINE BREAKS TRUST, IN NO CONTRACT NEEDED*
*PHOTO: MIGHTY APOLLO’S TENT & ADMISSION TICKET, DISPLAYED IN HIS PRESS BOOKS. IN THE ‘GREAT NORTH RUN ‘, FROM MELBOURNE TO TOWNSVILLE, THIS WOULD BE PART OF MIGHTY APOLLO’S PERFORMANCE SET UP. HE WOULD PERFORM IN ALL THE MAJOR SHOW GROUNDS OF THE TOWNS, PICTURE 1952.*
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APOLLO & THELMA: A TRUE TALL TALE
*WHY NO CONTRACT NEEDED - FAINE, "TRUST EACH OTHER.”
*EMAIL 31/8/20 FAINE "i am not asking anyone to sign a contract or anything- if we do not trust each other......we ought not to be even discussing this project!"*
COMMENTS:
*FAINE'S PROMISE OF TRUST MEANT NOTHING. TRUST TO WRITE A BOOK THAT WAS TRUTHFUL, ONE THE SONS WOULD BE PROUD OF. TRUST THAT THE SONS WERE TO BE PART OF THE WHOLE DRAFTING PROCESS. TRUST THAT THE SONS WERE TO APPROVE THE FAMILY CONTENTSo, BEFORE THE BOOK WAS PUBLISHED.
*IN HINDSIGHT, THE SONS BELIVE THE AUTHOR DIDN’T WANT TO COMMIT TO A CONTRACT SUCH AS THIS, WHERE HE DID NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE A FICTITIOUS APPROACH. IN ORDER TO DO THIS, FAINE & THE PUBLISHERS NEEDED THE ABILITY TO REMOVE THE SONS FROM FACTUAL, CONTENT CONTROL. IN THE END, AS WILL BE SHOWN IN DRAFTING, THIS DISGRACEFULLY OCCURRED.
*FAINE SUGGESTED THAT IF THERE WAS A CONTRACT, IT WOULD BE ONE WERE THE SONS COULD NOT COMMENT ON THE BOOK, OR PUBLISH ANYTHING REGARDING MIGHTY APOLLO, OR THELMA, FOR A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS PLUS. THE FAMILY BELIEVE THIS UNREASONABLE STIPULATION, WAS A PLOY TO DISCOURAGE THEM FROM PURSUING THE CONTRACT:*
*THE SONS TRUSTED FAINE ON HIS WORD, THEY BELIEVED SOMEONE WHO IS A PUBLIC CELEBRITY WOULD NOT BETRAY THEIR WORD. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY THE CASE, AS THE SONS POSSESSED EMAILS, VOICE RECORDINGS & DIRECT ARCHIVES, CONCERNING THE BOOK & HIS STATED OBJECTIVE. HOWEVER THIS DID NOT STOP FAINE VIOLATING HIS TRUST BOND.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: MIGHTY APOLLO & HAND SHAKE WORD, BINDING*
*PHOTOS: LEFT, MIGHTY APOLLO WITH HIS YOUNGER BROTHER CLIFFORD ANDERSON. MIGHTY APOLLO’S BROTHER IS CONGRATULATING HIM ON HIS RETURN TO PERFORMING. THIS WAS AFTER RECOVERING FROM WET GANGRENE 1939, (NOTE KNEE SUPPORT) WHEN A TRUCK OVERTURNED & PINNED HIM TO THE GROUND. *SECOND PHOTO, MIGHTY APOLLO, 1965, NHK TV JAPAN. MASTER OF WEAPONS, “THE GREAT SHIMUZU” & MIGHTY APOLLO, SHARE A WARM HANDSHAKE.”*
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APOLLO & THELMA: A TRUE TALL TALE
*THE SENSE OF BETRAYAL, APOLLO’S SON PAUL HAS, RUNS PARTICULARLY DEEP. THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE, AS FAINE SHOOK PAUL’S HAND & LOOKED HIM IN THE EYES, PROMISING TO WRITE A TRUTHFUL BOOK, ONE THAT THE FAMILY COULD HOLD HIGH. FAINE ALSO STATED DIRECTLY TO PAUL THEY HAD ONE CHANCE TO GET IT RIGHT & THEY WOULD, WITH THE FAMILY’S INVOLVEMENT.
*COMPOUNDING THE BREAKING OF TRUST, PAUL SAYS THIS WAS PLEDGED ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION & WITHIN HIS VERY PRIVATE PERSONAL WAREHOUSE, SURROUNDED BY HIS FATHER’S MEMORIES. IT WAS LATER PROVEN FAINE’S HAND SHAKE & WORD OF TRUST WAS LIKE A POLITICIANS THAT HAD NO MEANING, OR FUTURE VALUE. THIS IS NOT THE WEIGHT OF TRUST, THAT MIGHTY APOLLO TAUGHT HIS SONS.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: FAINE'S EMAILS TO SONS TO GAIN SUPPORT*
*PHOTOS ABOVE: LEFT: *MIGHTY APOLLO BENDS MULTIPLE BARS ACROSS KNEE. *MIGHTY APOLLO LYING ON BED OF NAILS, ALLOWING A HEAVY CAR TO DRIVE OVER HIS BODY. *MUSCLE DISPLAY BY MIGHTY APOLLO, A PHYSIQUE AHEAD OF THE TIME.*
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APOLLO & THELMA: A TRUE TALL TALE
*FAINE’S GLOWING BOOK VOW OBJECTIVE TO MIGHTY APOLLOS SONS:
*EMAIL 17|6/20 FAINE: " I am looking forward to telling the story in a way that makes the Anderson brothers proud of their family history & in a way that lets a new audience know about your remarkable dad & his formidable sister."*
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*FAINE, NOT A HATCHET JOB:
*EMAIL 15/1/21 FAINE "let me reassure you, i am not doing a hatchet job on Thelma or Paul. I have become very found of both of them & am full of admiration for what they each achieved in their remarkable lives."*
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*ALL EMAILS BELOW, FAINE PLEDGES A BOOK TO BE PROUD OFF:
*EMAIL 11/10/21 FAINE: "I am very much wanting you three to feel the story told is accurate, fair & one that you are proud to be associated with."*
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*EMAIL 3/11/21 FAINE: I am determined that the book about your family & your lives is something you are all proud of & pleased to refer to, either publicly with promotion or privately*
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*EMAIL 5/11/21 FAINE: "I am sincere in saying how I want to make sure that the book is something you are all proud off*
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*IT WAS ONLY BECAUSE OF SUCH PLEDGES BY FAINE, THAT THE SONS ENTERED INTO THE BOOK PROJECT.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: MIGHTY APOLLO’S BEAMING SMILE & FAMILY*
*PHOTO 1990, FROM LEFT: RON TAYLOR, LIFE LONG FREIND TO MIGHTY APOLLO’S FAMILY. PAUL, APOLLO’S SON & APOLLO, AGE 80yr. CLOSE FREINDS & HIS BOYS, GAVE MIGHTY APOLLO STRENGTH. THE JOY IS WRITTEN ON HIS FACE.*
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*APOLLO & THELMA: MIGHTY APOLLO WAS PROUD OF HIS 3 SONS*
*PHOTO 1991: CENTRE, MIGHTY APOLLO‘S 81st BIRTHDAY. HIS SONS, LEFT BRUCE & MARK. EVEN AT THIS AGE, MIGHTY APOLLO WAS THICK SET, FROM YEARS OF TRAINING. HE WAS ALWAYS WELL DRESSED, A MAN OF PRIDE.*
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APOLLO & THELMA: A TRUE TALL TALE
*WHEN BRINGING A FAMILY INTO A BOOK PROJECT, THERE IS AN OBLIGATION TO MAKE THE CONTENTS CORRECT. THIS IS ESPECIALLY THE CASE, WHEN THE WRITER MAKES BIG PLEDGES TO DO SO. ANYTHING ELSE IS A BETRAYAL TO THE LIVING & THE MEMORIES OF THEIR DECEASED LOVED ONES.
*AS WILL BE SHOWN, FAINE IN HIS TALL TALE, MADE THIS BETRAYAL.*
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