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Ar Hydref 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men
Tra'n noeth migwrn gwobr ymladdwr Tom Allen ei eni yn Lloegr yn ystod 1840, treuliodd y rhan fwyaf o'i fywyd fel oedolyn yn St Louis ar ôl symud i'r Unol Daleithiau yn 1867. Wedi colled siomedig i Jem Mace yn 1870, lle gwnaeth argraff ar y gwylwyr gyda pherfformiad dewr mewn ymdrech goll, Dechreuodd Allen ymgyrchu am ergyd at American
Ganed Tom Allen yn Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 ond daeth yn enwog fel gwobr ymladdwr migwrn noeth pwysau trwm yn America. Ymsefydlu yn St. Louis around 1867, Enillodd Allen Bencampwriaeth Pwysau Trwm America yn 1873 a daliodd y teitl hyd 1876. Dychwelodd i Loegr am flwyddyn cyn dychwelyd i St. Louis am dda i mewn 1878. Back
Erbyn diwedd y 1910au, bu hyrwyddwyr reslo proffesiynol yn bwcio reslwyr mewn gemau reslo a weithiwyd neu a drefnwyd ymlaen llaw. Occasionally, fel arfer o ganlyniad i groes dwbl, byddai cefnogwyr yn gweld cystadleuaeth go iawn neu “shoot” cyfatebiaeth rhwng y reslwyr. Digwyddodd un o'r gemau hyn yn hwyr 1921 a chododd o ymryson rhwng Tex Rickard, hyrwyddwr bocsio yn bennaf, a Jac
Ar Ragfyr 14, 1915, the International Wrestling Tournament was coming to a close. A featured match revealed promoter Samuel Rachmann was manipulating outcomes to keep interest in his tournament. After the wrestling public lost complete interest in the tournament during its opening few months in the spring, Rachmann introduced one of the most successful gimmicks in professional wrestling history. Rachmann
Monte Attell was the younger brother of World Featherweight Boxing Champion Abe Attell. Monte would always be stuck in the shadow of his older brother but was a talented fighter in his own right. Monte would win the World Bantamweight Boxing Championship during his career and establish himself as a world class fighter. Yn 1904, he was a 19-year-old up-and-coming
While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major
Georg Lurich made his reputation as a professional wrestler competing in European Greco-Roman wrestling tournaments. When Lurich travelled to the United States to ply his trade, he made the transition to catch-as-catch-can wrestling, the dominant style outside of Europe. Lurich adapted well to this style and earned a shot at the World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion, Frank Gotch, in Gotch’s last
This week’s post is to finish up the story of the double cross involving Dick Shikat and Danno O’Mahony. The origins for the double cross actually began in a match with Ed “Strangler” Lewis in Madison Square Garden on June 9, 1932. While this match was a prearranged exhibition, the wrestlers had been in discussion about Lewis dropping the belt
Yn ystod ei rediad cyntaf fel Pencampwr Bocsio Pwysau Pwysau'r Byd, Roedd Abe Attell wedi'i leoli allan o St.. Louis, Missouri. Ar wahân i gael ei wersyll yn St.. Louis, Amddiffynnodd Attell ei deitl sawl gwaith yn St.. Louis’ Clwb Athletau West End. At the time, St. Louis oedd y ddinas fwyaf i'r gorllewin o Afon Mississippi yn yr Unol Daleithiau. Ganwyd Abraham Washington Attell