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Republic Pictures produced many quality movie serials in the 1930s and 1940s. One of their finer offerings was Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), a twelve chapter serial (cyswllt Affiliate) based on the popular comic book super hero. Captain Marvel is known as Shazam today. Billy Batson, played by Frank Coghlan, Jr, accompanies the Malcolm Expedition to Siam. While searching an
On the same day Joe Stecher wrestled Stanislaus Zbyszko for the recognized version of the World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship in St. Louis, Ed “Strangler” Lewis challenged “Big” Wayne Munn for his disputed Michigan-Illinois World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship. Lewis dropped the title to Munn in February 1925. In April 1925, Zbyszko defeated Munn in a famous double-cross. The match between Lewis and
Jake Kilrain is best known as the last and toughest challenger to John L. Sullivan in the last bare knuckle world championship fight. Despite Kilrain’s inability to beat John L. Sullivan, he had a successful career both before and after the bout with the mighty Sullivan. Fighting for 10 more years in gloved bouts, Kilrain was mostly successful but on
Ar Hydref 24, 1941, Monogram Pictures released Spooks Run Wild starring the East Side Kids and Bela Lugosi. At this point in his career, Bela Lugosi was relegated to “B” ffilmiau. He played in several films with the East Side Kids, which were all enjoyable if not exactly classic cinema. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and Bobby Jordan play the leaders
Evan “Strangler” Roedd Lewis yn gystadleuydd brawychus. Er nad oedd yn ddyn mawr ar 5’09” ac yn pwyso 170 bunnoedd, Lewis’ meistrolaeth o gyflwyniadau ei wneud yn gyfartal neu well o'r rhan fwyaf wrestlers ei gyfnod. Roedd Jack Carkeek yn wrestler gwych ond un gêm gyda Lewis bron achosi iddo ymddeol. Lewis’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
Ar Ebrill 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangler” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” gemau. Lewis in fact dropped his American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship to Wladek Zbyszko in 1917. In the early 1920s, Lewis would drop his World Heavyweight Wrestling
Frank J. Quinn, a lleol St. Louis atwrnai, gwasanaethodd fel rheolwr reslwyr proffesiynol George Baptise, Charley Olson a Fred Beell. Yn wreiddiol yn edmygydd o George Baptiste, yr hwn oedd chwedl yn y St. Louis cymdogaeth o amgylch Cook a Vandeventer Avenues. Byddai Baptiste yn cyflogi Quinn fel ei reolwr ac yn ddiweddarach atwrnai ar gyfer ei babell a'i gwmni cysgodlenni. During his
Ar Ionawr 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. While British
Samuel Rachmann promoted the International Wrestling Tournament in New York during 1915. Rachmann invited wrestlers from around the world to the tournament but his real intention was to establish European Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Alex Aberg as the successor to the retired Frank Gotch as World Champion. Roedd cynllun Rachmann ar gyfer sefydlu Aber yn mynd yn ôl y bwriad ar ôl i’r twrnamaint gychwyn
In early 1916, Martin “Farmer” Burns, a hyfforddodd a rheolodd Frank Gotch i Bencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm y Byd, dechreuodd wadu ei fod wedi datblygu Pencampwr Pwysau Trwm America Joe Stecher. Roedd yr honiad yn ymddangos yn rhyfedd oherwydd bod Burns wedi bod yn gweithio gyda Stecher ers sawl blwyddyn. Helpodd Burns i baratoi Stecher ar gyfer ei ornest bencampwriaeth gyda Charlie Cutler i mewn 1915. Mewn ffordd, beth Burns