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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 (affiliate link) 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
Pada hari yang sama Joe Stecher bergulat dengan Stanislaus Zbyszko untuk versi Kejuaraan Gulat Kelas Berat Dunia yang diakui di St.. Louis, Dan “Pencekik” Lewis challenged “Besar” 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
Pada Oktober 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” bioskop. 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 “Pencekik” Lewis was a scary competitor. Although he was not a large man at 5’09” dan ditimbang 170 pon, Lewis’ mastery of submissions made him an equal or better of most wrestlers of his era. Jack Carkeek was a terrific wrestler but one match with Lewis almost caused him to retire. Lewis’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
Pada April 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Pencekik” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” korek api. 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, St. setempat. Pengacara Louis, menjabat sebagai manajer pegulat profesional George Baptise, Charley Olson dan Fred Beell. Awalnya pengagum George Baptiste, yang merupakan legenda di St. Lingkungan Louis di sekitar Jalan Cook dan Vandeventer. Baptiste akan mempekerjakan Quinn sebagai manajernya dan kemudian menjadi pengacara untuk perusahaan tenda dan tenda miliknya. During his
Pada Januari 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. Sementara orang Inggris
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. Rencana Rachmann mendirikan Aberg berjalan sesuai rencana setelah turnamen dimulai
Pada awal 1916, Martin “Petani” Luka bakar, yang melatih dan mengelola Frank Gotch ke Kejuaraan Kelas Berat Dunia, mulai menyangkal bahwa dia mengembangkan Juara Kelas Berat Amerika saat ini Joe Stecher. Klaim tersebut terkesan aneh karena Burns telah bekerja dengan Stecher selama beberapa tahun. Burns membantu mempersiapkan Stecher untuk pertarungan kejuaraannya dengan Charlie Cutler di 1915. Di satu sisi, apa yang Terbakar