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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 (Филијалата линк) based on the popular comic book super hero. Captain Marvel is known as Shazam today. Billy Batson, played by Frank Coghlan, Јуниор, 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, И “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. Саливан, 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
Октомври 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 “Б” филмови. He played in several films with the East Side Kids, which were all enjoyable if not exactly classic cinema. Leo Gorcey, Ханцс Хол и Боби ордан ги играат лидерите
Еван “Strangler” Луис беше страшно конкурент. Иако не беше голем човек во 5’09” и се мери 170 фунти, Луис’ мајсторство на поднесоци го направи еднакви или подобри од повеќето борачи од својата ера. Џек Carkeek беше страшно борач но еден натпревар со Луис речиси предизвикани од него да се пензионира. Луис’ reputation was strongly related to his feared
На април 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” натпревари. 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
Френк Џ. Квин, локален Св. Луис адвокат, служел како менаџер за професионалните борачи Џорџ Баптис, Чарли Олсон и Фред Бил. Првично обожавател на Џорџ Баптист, кој бил легенда во Св. Населбата Луис околу авенијата Кук и Вандевентер. Баптист ќе го вработи Квин како негов јасли, а подоцна и адвокат на неговата компанија за шатори и тенди. During his
Од јануари 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “Б” 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’s plan for establishing Aberg was going as planned after the tournament kicked off
Во почетокот на 1916, Мартин “Земјоделец” Burns, кој го тренирал и раководел Френк Готч до Светското првенство во тешка категорија, почна да негира дека го развил актуелниот американски шампион во тешка категорија Џо Стечер. Тврдењето изгледаше чудно бидејќи Бернс соработуваше со Стечер неколку години. Брнс помогна да се подготви Стечер за неговиот првенствен натпревар со Чарли Катлер 1915. На некој начин, што Брнс