Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Columbia Pictures’ série Lone Wolf, estrelado Warren Williams como Michael colhedor, é uma das minhas favoritas “B” série de filmes. Williams jogou o ladrão de jóias afável, que de alguma forma sempre acaba ajudando a polícia a resolver uma série de crimes. Contra-Espionagem (1942) começa com Lanyard roubar principais planos secretos de Sir Stafford Hart está a salvo. O inspetor de Scotland Yard, Stephens, corre para a cena
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. Embora esta história possa ou possa
Em Maio 5, 1898, Yusuf Ismail lutou contra Tom Jenkins em Cleveland, Ohio. Ismail viajou pelos Estados Unidos apenas por seis meses no início de 1898. Ismail lutou menos de dez lutas, mas deixou um rastro de destruição lembrado até hoje. Ismail causou uma impressão poderosa ao derrotar facilmente Evan “Strangler” Lewis. Ismail também fez uma forte
The Vampire Bat (1933) é um filme de gênero flexão estrelado por Lionel Atwill. Ostensivamente, it is a horror film but is actually more of a mystery. It would fall into the “B” movie category, um curta-metragem feito para ser o aperitivo para o principal filme sobre um projeto de lei duplo. Majestic Pictures produced the film, which was directed by Frank R.
Em outubro 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 libras. Possessed of a violent disposition, O’Baldwin had the perfect attitude for the ring but poor social skills outside of it. Fans of both men arrived in
On July 3, 1905, Marvin Hart entered the fight for the vacant world title as a 3 a 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,
Em setembro de 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 olhou para seu rival 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