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Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, aðalhlutverki Warren Williams eins og Michael snúra, er einn af uppáhalds mínum “B” Myndin röð. Williams lék Debonair Jewel þjófur, sem einhvern veginn endar alltaf upp hjálpa lögreglan leysa ýmsar glæpi. Counter-Njósnir (1942) begins with Lanyard stealing top secret plans from Sir Stafford Hart’s safe. Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stephens rushes to the scene
Ad Santel gained his reputation as a dangerous catch wrestler from his frequent bouts with judoka from Japan during the 1910s and a story from the second George Hackenschmidt training camp for the Frank Gotch rematch. According to legend, Frank Gotch paid Santel, a skilled submission wrestler, $5,000.00 to injure Hackenschmidt’s knee in training. Þó þessi saga gæti eða gæti
Á maí 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail glímdi við Tom Jenkins í Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail ferðaðist aðeins um Bandaríkin í sex mánuði á fyrri hluta ársins 1898. Ismail glímdi innan við tíu viðureignir en skildi eftir eyðileggingarbraut sem minnst er enn þann dag í dag. Ismail gerði kraftmikinn áhrif með því að sigra bæði Evan „Strangler“ Lewis auðveldlega. Ismail gerði einnig sterkan
The Vampire Bat (1933) er tegund beygja kvikmynd aðalhlutverki Lionel Atwill. Ostensibly, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, stuttmynd ætlað að vera appetizer fyrir helstu myndinni á tvöföldum frumvarp. Glæsilegu Myndir framleiddi kvikmynd, sem var leikstýrt af Frank R.
Á október 29, 1868, “Irish Giant” Ned O’Baldwin and English prizefighter Joe Wormald met in a bare knuckle prize-fight outside of Boston in Lynnville, Massachusetts. O’Baldwin stood 6’06” tall and weighed around 220 £. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Aðdáendur beggja mannanna komu inn
Júlí 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 til 1 underdog. Jack Root who would be the first light heavyweight championship was the favorite to succeed the recently retired James J. Jeffries. Jeffries would referee this title match to replace him. Marvin Hart had recently beaten Jack Johnson. Widely considered the
My second great-grandfather George Washington Story was born in August 1843 to Gilford Dudley Story and his second wife Nancy Jane Story nee Womack. George was born in Shawneetown, Gallatin County, Illinois, USA. He was the fourth of Dudley’s and Nancy’s nine children. George Washington Story married his first wife and my second great-grandmother Malinda Davis on November 26, 1863,
Á September 16, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Most Dangerous Game (1932), a film about a big game hunter becoming the hunted. Joel McCrea plays big game hunter Bob Rainsford. Rainsford is on a yacht off the South American coast discussing his latest hunt, when another guest asks him, “Do you ever think how the tiger felt?” Rainsford laughs at
“Don’t break my leg!” As the two muscular men struggled in the center of the ring, the man on top continued to work on the downed man’s legs. Again, the man on bottom yelled, “Please don’t break my leg!Frank Gotch leit yfir á keppinaut sinn George Hackenschmidt, who was writhing in obvious pain. Despite a severe knee injury, Hackenschmidt
Being both a fan and film historian, I was aware of Sunset Blvd.‘s reputation in film circles. Billy Wilder’s 1950 film tells the sad story of a forgotten silent film star Norma Desmond. William Holden is a screen writer, who stumbles upon her crumbling mansion and agrees to help fix her screenplay. Norma believes the screenplay will lead to a