Povjesničar borilačkih sportova i borilački umjetnik
Post about classic films and films related to combat sports and history.
Kolovoza 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions izdao je Killer Dill (1947), kriminalistički film koji profesionalni hrvač Mike Mazurki glumi “Little Joe”, privrženik koji igra obje strane sukoba bandi. Stuart Erwin glumi Johnnyja "Ubojicu" Dill-a, dizajner donjeg rublja i prodavač, koga ljudi pogrešno smatraju gangsterom. Nakon što se slučajno upleo u rat bandi, njegov
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) izdao Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) u studenom 1941. Jedan od kasnijih filmova Thin Man (affiliate link), film sadrži zanimljive vinjete za ljubitelje hrvanja. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, je uvučen u državnu istragu lokalnog kockarskog lanca. Dvojica lokalnih promotora hrvanja vode kockarski klub, što je umjetnost oponašanja života ako
Rođen Norman Edward Wescoatt na Havajima u kolovozu 2, 1911, "Rusty" Wescoatt igrao je nogomet za Sveučilište Hawaii prije nego što je debitirao u profesionalnom hrvanju na Havajima tijekom 1933. Wescoatt je također bio prvak u plivanju. Wescoatt je u početku imao više vijesti o svom plivanju nego o svom hrvanju kada je putovao u kontinentalne Sjedinjene Države u 1935. Na Uskrsnu nedjelju, Travanj
Na skoro 70 godina, Stanislaus Zbyszko debitirao je na filmu u Noći i gradu (1950). Naplaćen kao Gregorious, umirovljeni hrvač i otac londonskog promotora hrvanja, Zbyszko je pokazao svoje hrvačke vještine, čak i u poodmakloj dobi, u glavnoj sceni filma. Film počinje muškarcem koji juri Harryja Fabiana, londonski prevarant koji uvijek gleda
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
Prvog listopada 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
Studeni 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). U tom filmu, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Gospođa. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Gospođa. 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” film series. 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. U 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 (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