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On February 23, 1946, my great uncle Francis Mosblech married Rosemary Kalt at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. The 23-year old Francis had recently returned from service in the U.S. Army during World War II. Aunt Rosemary was the daughter of Mr. og Mrs. William J. Kalt. Father Clarence Winkler officiated the ceremony. The Mars 3, 1946 utgave av
With Choque, Vol. 2 (Amazon-tilknyttet lenke), Roberto Pedreira picks up the story of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in what he considers its heyday in Brazil, 1950 – 1960. Besides Carlos and Helio Gracie, several other academies, such as Oswaldo Fadda’s, were also thriving. Judo was gaining in popularity but had not overcome Jiu-Jitsu in popularity. Vale Tudo matches were at the height
Denne film (affiliate link) was the first Sherlock Holmes film starring Basil Rathbone as Holmes. Sidney Lanfield regissert The Hound of Baskerville (1939) for Twentieth-Century Fox. Nigel Bruce co-stjerner som Dr. John Watson. Rathbone og Bruce ville spille Holmes og Watson i tretten påfølgende filmer, en mer for Twentieth-Century Fox og tolv for Universal Pictures. This film is a
Egentlig, Samuel Rachman, who promoted both the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament and Greco-Roman World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg, tried to lure retired World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Frank Gotch into the tournament. Rachman hoped to bolster Aberg’s claim as the successor to Gotch. Rachman offered Gotch $20,000 to wrestle Aberg in May 1915. Rachman’s tournament was to start Wednesday
Martin “Farmer” Burns reportedly trained over 1,000 wrestlers in his career as America’s foremost wrestling trainer. However, Burns was a great wrestler in his own right. Before he retired to train wrestlers full-time, Burns won the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Evan “The Strangler” Lewis in 1895. Burns held the title for two years. I 1893, Burns was still
The Vampire Bat (1933) er en sjanger bøye film med Lionel Atwill. Tilsynelatende, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, en kortfilm ment å være forrett til hovedfilmen på en dobbel regning. Majestic Pictures produced the film, which was directed by Frank R.
No one can question that Stanislaus Zbyszko was a great wrestler. Han begynte bryting når pro spillet var fortsatt en faktisk konkurranse. Han fortsatte å være vellykket etter kampen endret til worked (prearranged) fyrstikker. Faktisk, han deltok i en skytekonkurranse, when he legitimately defeated Big Wayne Munn for the title in 1925 ved å krysse promotørene hans.
Og “Strangler” Lewis er en av de to beste amerikanske profesjonelle bryterne gjennom tidene. Mens Lewis var en legitim innleveringsbryter, som kunne slå hvem som helst i en brytekonkurranse, han jobbet nesten utelukkende i forhåndsbestemte utstillingskamper. I 1929, han deltok i en kamp med profesjonell fotballspiller som ble bryter, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg var på Providence Steam Roller,
The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone kommer tilbake som Holmes i den ellevte av fjorten svinger som den engelske speideren. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” film. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women. Etter de
Alex Aberg beseiret mange bemerkelsesverdige fiender i det største året i sin profesjonelle brytekarriere. I 1915, Aberg konkurrerte i både vår- og høstversjonen av New York International Wrestling Tournament. Konkurrerer utelukkende i sin foretrukne stil med gresk-romersk bryting, Aberg beseiret Dr.. Benjamin Roller, Wladek Zbyszko og Ed “Strangler” Lewis sammen med en rekke svennebrytere.