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On August 2, 1947, Max M. Rhyddhaodd King Productions Killer Dill (1947), ffilm drosedd y mae'r reslwr proffesiynol Mike Mazurki yn ei chwarae "Little Joe", henchman yn chwarae dwy ochr ffrae gang. Mae Stuart Erwin yn serennu fel Johnny “Killer” Dill, dylunydd dillad isaf a gwerthwr, pwy mae pobl yn camgymryd am gangster. Ar ôl ymwneud yn ddamweiniol mewn rhyfel gangiau, ei
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) rhyddhau Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) ym mis Tachwedd 1941. Un o'r ffilmiau Thin Man diweddarach (cyswllt Affiliate), mae'r ffilm yn cynnwys vignettes diddorol ar gyfer cefnogwyr reslo. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, yn cael ei dynnu i mewn i ymchwiliad gwladwriaeth o gylch gamblo lleol. Mae dau hyrwyddwr reslo lleol yn rhedeg y cylch hapchwarae, sef celfyddyd yn dynwared bywyd os
Ganwyd Norman Edward Wescoatt yn Hawaii ym mis Awst 2, 1911, Chwaraeodd “Rusty” Wescoatt bêl-droed i Brifysgol Hawaii cyn chwarae am y tro cyntaf yn Hawaii 1933. Roedd Wescoatt hefyd yn bencampwr nofio. I ddechrau, gwnaeth Wescoatt fwy o newyddion i'w nofio na'i reslo pan deithiodd i'r Unol Daleithiau cyfandirol yn 1935. Ar Sul y Pasg, Ebrill
Ar bron 70 mlwydd oed, Gwnaeth Stanislaus Zbyszko ei ffilm gyntaf yn Night and the City (1950). Wedi'i filio fel Gregori, reslwr wedi ymddeol a thad hyrwyddwr reslo Llundain, Dangosodd Zbyszko ei sgiliau reslo, hyd yn oed yn ei oedran uwch, yng ngolygfa llofnod y ffilm. Mae'r ffilm yn dechrau gyda dyn yn erlid Harry Fabian, hustler o Lundain bob amser yn edrych
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
Ar Hydref 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
Ar Dachwedd 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). Yn y ffilm hon, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Mrs. Stack suspects Dr. Jannery, who operates her hospital, of negligence in the death of
Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, starring Warren Williams as Michael Lanyard, is one of my favorite “B” cyfres ffilm. 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
Roland V. West directed fourteen films in his career. Critics consider three of his films to be excellent. West directed the silent thriller The Bat in 1926. West directed his most acclaimed film, Alibi (1929), which resulted in an Oscar nomination for his friend Chester Morris. Yn 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Whispers,
Republic Pictures produced many quality movie serials in the 1930s and 1940s. One of their finer offerings was Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941), a twelve chapter serial (cyswllt Affiliate) based on the popular comic book super hero. Captain Marvel is known as Shazam today. Billy Batson, played by Frank Coghlan, Jr, accompanies the Malcolm Expedition to Siam. While searching an