Mord på Baskervilles (1937)

Wontner-Sherlock-Holmes

Arthur Wontner er nok den bedste film skildrer af Sherlock Holmes. Hans femte og sidste udflugt som Holmes i Murder på Baskervilles (1937). Filmen blev udgivet i Det Forenede Kongerige i 1937 men blev ikke udgivet i Amerika indtil januar 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the

Del
» Læs mere

Gotch Crushes Jenkins til afsnit

frank-Gotch

På torsdag, Januar 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins forsvarede sit amerikanske wrestlingmesterskab mod en kommende wrestler fra Iowa. After the first fall, fansene indså, at det var den hårdeste kamp af c Frank Alvin Gotch, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins havde besejret Gotch's

Del
» Læs mere

Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

klarhed-whistler

After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

Del
» Læs mere

Den spanske Cape Mystery (1935)

donald-kok-fra-offentlig-fjende-1931

Den spanske Cape Mystery (1935) er en tilpasning af en af ​​Ellery Queen-romanerne. To fætre, Frederic Dannay og Manfred Lee, der skrev en række kriminalromaner under pseudonymet titelrollen. I denne film, Ellery dronning tager en ferie til Californien med sin ven Dommer Macklin. Selvfølgelig, de er ikke længe inde i deres

Del
» Læs mere

Sherlock Holmes triumf (1935)

Wontner-Sherlock-Holmes

Sherlock Holmes triumf (1935) is one of the five Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adapted the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear but added to the story to give Professor Moriarty and Col. Sebastian Moran roles in the story. En væsentlig del af filmen er genfortælling af

Del
» Læs mere

Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

young-ed-strangler-lewis

I januar 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.

Del
» Læs mere
1 36 37 38 39 40 70