Storiku tal-Isport tal-Ġlieda u Artist Marzjali
Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” serje film. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Counter-Espionage (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. Filwaqt li din l-istorja tista’ jew tista’
Fuq Mejju 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail ġġieled lil Tom Jenkins fi Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail daret biss l-Istati Uniti għal sitt xhur fil-parti bikrija ta ' 1898. Ismail ġġieled inqas minn għaxar logħbiet iżda ħalla triq ta’ qerda mfakkar sal-lum. Ismail ħalla impressjoni qawwija billi għeleb faċilment kemm lil Evan "Strangler" Lewis. Ismail għamel ukoll qawwi
Il-Bat Vampire (1933) huwa ġeneru-liwi film starring Lionel ATWILL. Apparentement, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, film qasir maħsub li jkun l-appetizer għall-film prinċipali fuq kont doppja. Majestic Pictures prodotta l-film, li kien ordnat mill Frank R.
Ottubru 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 liri. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Il-partitarji taż-żewġt irġiel waslu fihom
Fuq Lulju 3, 1905, Marvin Hart daħlu fil-ġlieda għat-titlu dinja vakanti bħala 3 li 1 underdog. Jack Root li tkun l-ewwel kampjonat heavyweight dawl kien il-favorit li tirnexxi l-James J reċentement rtirati. Jeffries. Jeffries kieku referì din il-logħba titolu sabiex jissostitwieh. Marvin Hart kienet riċentament imsawwat 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,
Dwar Settembru 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 ħares lejn ir-rivali tiegħu 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