Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about classic films including many with a combat sports tie-in.
Norman Edward Wescoatt is op Augustus in Hawaii gebore 2, 1911, "Rusty" Wescoatt het sokker vir die Universiteit van Hawaii gespeel voordat hy sy professionele stoeidebuut in Hawaii gemaak het 1933. Wescoatt was ook 'n swemkampioen. Wescoatt het aanvanklik meer nuus vir sy swem as sy stoei gemaak toe hy na die vasteland van die Verenigde State gereis het in 1935. Op Paassondag, April
Byna 70 jaar oud, Stanislaus Zbyszko het sy rolprentdebuut in Night and the City gemaak (1950). Gefaktureer as Gregorius, 'n afgetrede stoeier en die vader van Londen se stoeipromotor, Zbyszko het sy stoeivaardighede ten toon gestel, selfs op sy hoë ouderdom, in die rolprent se kenmerkende toneel. Die fliek begin met 'n man wat vir Harry Fabian jaag, 'n Londense skarrel wat altyd soek
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Shadow of the Thin Man vrygestel (1941) in November 1941. Een van die latere Thin Man-films (Koste skakel), die film bevat interessante vignette vir stoei-aanhangers. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, word ingetrek in 'n staatsondersoek van 'n plaaslike dobbelring. Twee plaaslike stoeipromotors bestuur die dobbelring, wat kuns is wat die lewe naboots as
Op Oktober 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men
Op Mei 11, 1931, Fritz Lang se klassieke film M (Koste skakel) in Berlyn vrygestel, Duitsland. Behalwe dat op die meeste lyste vir die top 100 films van alle tye, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Die film is die verhaal van 'n reeks van kindermoorde wat plaasvind in Berlyn. The police are determined to catch the killer
Op November 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Die Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Egter, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
Augustus 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions het Killer Dill vrygestel (1947), 'n misdaadfilm wat die professionele stoeier Mike Mazurki "Little Joe" vertolk, 'n handlanger wat beide kante van 'n bendevete speel. Stuart Erwin speel Johnny “Killer” Dill, 'n onderklere-ontwerper en verkoopspersoon, wie mense vir 'n gangster verwar. Nadat hy hom per ongeluk by 'n bendeoorlog betrek het, sy
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (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. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of
Fritz Lang het een van sy vroeë misdaad films in 1922. Hy gerig Dr. Mabuse: Die Gambler (1922), wat ongeveer vier uur en dertig minute gehardloop. Dit vertel die verhaal van Dr. Mabuse, 'n professor van die psigoanalise. Hy is ook die leier van 'n kriminele ring in die vorm van Professor Moriarty van die Sherlock Holmes-reeks. In his multiple