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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
Eodem die Joe Stecher luctatus est Stanislaum Zbyszko pro recognito versione Gravis luctationis Mundi in St.. Ludovicus, Et “Strangulatam” 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
Octobris 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” ipsum. 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 “Strangulatam” Ludovicus autem FORMIDULOSUS competitor. V vir magnus apud se ut non’09” et appendi 170 pondo, Lewis’ melior est equale ei dominium penatibus palaestris maxime temporibus sua. Jack Carkeek esset luctator terrificum sed una cum parem fere Lewis faciebat ei desinere. Lewis’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
Aprilis, 7, 1914, 22-year-old Wladek Zbyszko met 22-year-old Ed “Strangulatam” Lewis would meet in the first of many matches between the two men. They would cooperate in a number of worked or “prearranged” matches. 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
Francus J. Quinn, locus Sancti. Ludovicus attornatus, servivit ut procurator ad athletas pueros deduxit George Baptise, Carolus Olson et Fred Beell. Primum admirator George Baptiste, qui fuit legenda in St. Ludovici vicinia circa Cook et Vandeventer Avenues. Baptista Quinn in praesepio uteretur et postea attornato in tentorio suo et vela comitatu. During his
On January 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. Rachmann consilium de Aberg instituendi consilium iniit ut destinatum erat post torneamentum calce off
In early 1916, Martin “Agricola” Burns, qui erudivit et administravit Frank Gotch ad Mundus Gravis Championship, coepit negare se exculta current American Heavyweight Champion Joe Stecher. Hoc inconveniens videbatur quod Burns cum Stecher per aliquot annos laboraverat. Combustiones adiuverunt Stecher praeparare ad patrocinium suae praedurandae cum Charlie Cutler in 1915. In via, quid Burns