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Posts about classic films including many with a combat sports tie-in.
Va néixer Norman Edward Wescoatt a Hawaii l'agost 2, 1911, "Rusty" Wescoatt va jugar a futbol a la Universitat de Hawaii abans de debutar en la lluita lliure professional a Hawaii durant 1933. Wescoatt també va ser campió de natació. Wescoatt inicialment va fer més notícies per la seva natació que la seva lluita quan va viatjar als Estats Units continentals a 1935. El diumenge de Pasqua, Abril
Gairebé 70 anys d'edat, Stanislaus Zbyszko va debutar al cinema a Night and the City (1950). Presentat com a Gregorious, un lluitador jubilat i pare del promotor de la lluita lliure de Londres, Zbyszko va mostrar les seves habilitats de lluita, fins i tot a la seva avançada edat, en l'escena signa de la pel·lícula. La pel·lícula comença amb un home que persegueix a Harry Fabian, un estafador de Londres sempre buscant
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) in November 1941. One of the later Thin Man films (affiliate link), the film contains interesting vignettes for wrestling fans. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, is pulled into a state investigation of a local gambling ring. Two local wrestling promoters run the gambling ring, which is art imitating life if
A l'octubre 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
Al maig 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate link) va ser llançat a Berlín, Alemanya. A més de ser en la majoria de les llistes de la part superior 100 pel·lícules de tots els temps, Fritz Lang creu que el seu millor pel·lícula va ser M (1931). La pel·lícula és la història d'una sèrie d'assassinats de nens que s'estan produint a Berlín. The police are determined to catch the killer
Al novembre 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Però, 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
A l'agost 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions released Killer Dill (1947), a crime film that professional wrestler Mike Mazurki plays “Little Joe”, a henchman playing both sides of a gang feud. Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny “Killer” Dill, a lingerie designer and salesperson, who people mistake for a gangster. After accidentally involving himself in a gang war, seva
El triomf de 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. Una part important de la pel·lícula és el relat
Fritz Lang made one of his early crime films in 1922. He directed Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922), which ran approximately four hours and thirty minutes. It tells the story of Dr. Mabuse, a professor of psychoanalysis. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. In his multiple