Historien des sports de combat et artiste martial
Post about classic films and films related to combat sports and history.
Sur Août 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, son
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) a sorti L'Ombre de l'Homme Mince (1941) en novembre 1941. L'un des derniers films Thin Man (affiliate link), le film contient des vignettes intéressantes pour les fans de catch. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, est impliqué dans une enquête d'État sur un réseau de jeu local. Deux promoteurs de lutte locaux dirigent le réseau de jeu, ce qui est de l'art d'imiter la vie si
Né Norman Edward Wescoatt à Hawaï en août 2, 1911, "Rusty" Wescoatt a joué au football pour l'Université d'Hawaï avant de faire ses débuts en lutte professionnelle à Hawaï pendant 1933. Wescoatt était également champion de natation. Wescoatt a d'abord fait plus de bruit pour sa natation que pour sa lutte lorsqu'il s'est rendu dans la zone continentale des États-Unis en 1999. 1935. Le dimanche de Pâques, Avril
On October 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
Sur Novembre 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). Dans ce film, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Mme. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Mme. 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” série de films. Williams played the debonair jewel thief, who somehow always ends up helping the police solve a series of crimes. Contre-espionnage (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. Dans 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, Les Murmures Bat,
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 (affiliate link) 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
On October 24, 1941, Monogram Pictures released Spooks Run Wild starring the East Side Kids and Bela Lugosi. At this point in his career, Bela Lugosi was relegated to “B” films. He played in several films with the East Side Kids, which were all enjoyable if not exactly classic cinema. Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall et Bobby Jordan jouent les leaders
Sur Janvier 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. While British