Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
Posts about classic films including many with a combat sports tie-in.
Født Norman Edward Wescoatt på Hawaii i august 2, 1911, "Rusty" Wescoatt spillede fodbold for University of Hawaii, før han fik sin professionelle wrestling-debut på Hawaii under 1933. Wescoatt var også svømmemester. Wescoatt kom oprindeligt med flere nyheder for sin svømning end sin brydning, da han rejste til det kontinentale USA i 1935. Påskedag, April
Ved næsten 70 år, Stanislaus Zbyszko fik sin filmdebut i Night and the City (1950). Beregnet som Gregorious, en pensioneret wrestler og far til Londons wrestlingpromotor, Zbyszko viste sine brydningsevner, selv i hans høje alder, i filmens signaturscene. Filmen begynder med en mand, der jagter Harry Fabian, en London hustler altid på udkig
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) udgivet Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) i november 1941. En af de senere Thin Man-film (affiliate link), filmen indeholder interessante vignetter for wrestling-fans. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, er trukket ind i en statslig undersøgelse af en lokal gambling ring. To lokale wrestling-promotorer driver gambling-ringen, som er kunst, der efterligner livet hvis
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
Den maj 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (affiliate link) blev udgivet i Berlin, Tyskland. Udover at være på de fleste lister toppen 100 film af alle tid, Fritz Lang believed his finest film was M (1931). Filmen er historien om en række barn mord, der finder sted i Berlin. The police are determined to catch the killer
På November 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. Men, 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
Den August 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions udgav Killer Dill (1947), en krimi, hvor den professionelle wrestler Mike Mazurki spiller "Little Joe", en håndlanger, der spiller begge sider af en bandefejde. Stuart Erwin spiller Johnny "Killer" Dill, en lingeridesigner og sælger, som folk forveksler med en gangster. Efter ved et uheld at have involveret sig selv i en bandekrig, hans
Sherlock Holmes triumf (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. En væsentlig del af filmen er genfortælling af
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