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Oktober 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
While bare knuckle prizefighter Tom Allen was born in England during 1840, he spent the majority of his adult life in St Louis after relocating to the United States in 1867. After a disappointing loss to Jem Mace in 1870, where he impressed spectators with a gallant performance in a losing effort, Allen started campaigning for a shot at American
Tom Allen blev født i Birmingham, England on April 23, 1840 men han blev berømt som en sværvægter bar kno priskæmper i Amerika. Bosætter sig i St. Louis around 1867, Allen vandt det amerikanske sværvægtsmesterskab i 1873 og holdt titlen indtil 1876. Han vendte tilbage til England i et år, før han vendte tilbage til St. Louis for godt i 1878. Back
By the end of the 1910s, professional wrestling promoters booked wrestlers in worked or pre-arranged wrestling matches. Occasionally, usually as a result of a double cross, fans would see an actual contest or “shoot” match between the wrestlers. One of these matches occurred in late 1921 and arose from a feud between Tex Rickard, primarily a boxing promoter, and Jack
Den December 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 var den yngre bror til verdens fjervægtsboksemester Abe Attell. Monte ville altid sidde fast i skyggen af sin ældre bror, men var en talentfuld fighter i sin egen ret. Monte ville vinde World Bantamweight Boxing Championship i løbet af sin karriere og etablere sig som en verdensklasse fighter. I 1904, han var en 19-årig up-and-coming
Mens den er berømt for at kæmpe mod John L. Sullivan i den sidste verdensmesterskabspræmiekamp, der konkurrerede under bar kno regler, Jake Kilrain deltog også i mange handskekampe. Præmiekampen gik fra regler for bare knoer til behandskekampe under Marquess of Queensberry-reglerne (tidlig amatør og professionel boksning) i slutningen af det 19. århundrede. Ligesom Sullivan, Kilrain ville kæmpe i dur
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
Under sit første løb som verdensmester i fjervægtboksning, Abe Attell var baseret på St. Louis, Missouri. Udover at have sin lejr i St. Louis, Attell forsvarede sin titel flere gange på St. Louis’ West End Atletikklub. At the time, St. Louis var den største by vest for Mississippi-floden i USA. Født Abraham Washington Attell