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I’ve been on an Alan Ladd kick lately. When I was still in college, I watched a number of Alan Ladd films one summer. I’ve been watching them over again the last few weeks on Amazon Prime. I’ll share some of these films over the next few months. The first film I watched was Thunder in the East (1951) у головній ролі
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Оскільки вболівальники вважали лише Кларенса Вістлера достатньо вправним, щоб справді загрожувати його правлінню, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Травень 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, хто
Дік Трейсі зустрівся Важко (1947) is the final entry in “B” film series. RKO Pictures took the series over from Republic Pictures, who released the original Dick Tracy serials in the late 1930s and early 1940s. RKO Pictures released the film to theaters on September 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
When thinking about African American history month, I thought about the first great Black wrestler that I saw personally. When I started watching wrestling in St. Louis during 1979, “Sailor” Art Thomas wrestled regularly on Wrestling at the Chase, our local weekly wrestling show. Wrestling at the Chase aired every Sunday at 11 A.M. on KPLR Channel 11. Although Thomas
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
1909 був, ймовірно, найгірший рік життя Паркер Лонзо Батор Циммермана. Він втратив обидва його десять-місячну доньку Іда травня Циммерман і його другої дружини Меллі Боллінджера Циммерман. Перед смертю Паркера в Кабо Giraurdeau торнадо 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
Січень 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” 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. У той час як британці
Листопад 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Луїс”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Луїс, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Едуард і Магдалена Mosblech, and their 14 children. Санкт-. Архідієцезія Луї освятила церкву
The International Wrestling Tournament occurred in two phases between May 19, 1915 and December 31, 1915. Fifty wrestlers would compete in the first phase of the tournament including World Greco-Roman Champion Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. The second installment had 40 wrestlers including up and coming star Ed “Душитель” Льюїс, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. The
The few people who know about the prizefighter Paddy Ryan probably know him as John L. Sullivan’s victim. Sullivan beat Ryan for the Heavyweight Prizefighting Championship in 1882. Райан був хорошим бійцем в своєму власному праві, хоча. Райан народився в березні 15, 1851 in Ireland. His family emigrated to Troy, New York. Райан був відомий через поза ним