Historyk sportów walki i artysta sztuk walki
Post about classic films and films related to combat sports and history.
Na sierpień 2, 1947, Maks M. King Productions wypuściło Killer Dill (1947), film kryminalny, w którym zawodowy zapaśnik Mike Mazurki gra „Little Joe”, pomocnik grający po obu stronach waśni gangów. Stuart Erwin wciela się w Johnny’ego „Killera” Dilla, projektantka bielizny i sprzedawczyni, którego ludzie biorą za gangstera. Po przypadkowym zaangażowaniu się w wojnę gangów, jego
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) wydał Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) w listopadzie 1941. Jeden z późniejszych filmów o Thin Man (związek partnerski), film zawiera ciekawe winiety dla fanów wrestlingu. Nicka Charlesa, played by William Powell, zostaje wciągnięty w dochodzenie stanowe w sprawie lokalnej siatki hazardowej. Dwóch lokalnych promotorów wrestlingu prowadzi pierścień hazardowy, czyli sztuka naśladująca życie jeśli
Urodzony jako Norman Edward Wescoatt w sierpniu na Hawajach 2, 1911, „Rusty” Wescoatt grał w piłkę nożną na Uniwersytecie Hawajskim, zanim zadebiutował w wrestlingu na Hawajach 1933. Wescoatt był także mistrzem pływania. Kiedy Wescoatt udał się do kontynentalnych Stanów Zjednoczonych, początkowo zamieścił więcej wiadomości na temat swojego pływania niż zapasów 1935. W Niedzielę Wielkanocną, Kwiecień
At nearly 70 lat, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking
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
Październik 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
W listopadzie 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). W tym filmie, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Pani. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Pani. 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. W 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 (związek partnerski) 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