Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
Posts about classic films including many with a combat sports tie-in.
Born Norman Edward Wescoatt in Hawaii on August 2, 1911, “Rusty” Wescoatt played football for the University of Hawaii before making his professional wrestling debut in Hawaii during 1933. Wescoatt was also a swimming champion. Wescoatt initially made more news for his swimming than his wrestling when he traveled to the continental United States in 1935. On Easter Sunday, Abril
En case 70 anos de idade, Stanislaus Zbyszko fixo o seu debut cinematográfico en Night and the City (1950). Presentado como Gregorious, un loitador xubilado e pai do promotor de loita libre de Londres, Zbyszko mostrou as súas habilidades de loita libre, mesmo á súa avanzada idade, no escenario da película. A película comeza cun home perseguindo a Harry Fabian, un estafador londinense sempre buscando
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) lanzou Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) en novembro 1941. Unha das películas posteriores de Thin Man (enlace de afiliado), a película contén viñetas interesantes para os afeccionados á loita libre. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, é levado a unha investigación estatal sobre un grupo local de xogos de azar. Dous promotores locais de loita libre dirixen o aro de xogos de azar, que é arte imitando a vida se
En outubro 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
En maio 11, 1931, Fritz Lang’s classic film M (enlace de afiliado) foi lanzado en Berlín, Alemaña. Ademais de ser a maioría das listas para o cumio 100 películas de todos os tempos, Fritz Lang cría que o seu mellor película foi M (1931). A película é a historia dunha serie de asasinatos de nenos que están ocorrendo en Berlín. The police are determined to catch the killer
En novembro 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. Porén, 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
En agosto 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, seu
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) é un dos cinco películas de Sherlock Holmes, estrelado por Arthur Wontner como Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adaptou a novela Sherlock Holmes The Valley of Fear, pero engadiu á historia para dar Profesor Moriarty e Col. Papeis Sebastian Moran na historia. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of
Fritz Lang fixo un dos seus filmes iniciais de crime en 1922. El dirixiu o Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler (1922), que tivo lugar preto de catro horas e trinta minutos. Conta a historia do Dr. Mabuse, profesor de psicanálise. He is also the leader of a criminal ring in the mold of Professor Moriarty from the Sherlock Holmes series. In his multiple