Historik bojových športov a bojový umelec
Post about classic films and films related to combat sports and history.
Augusta 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, jeho
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) vydal Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) v novembri 1941. Jeden z neskorších filmov Thin Man (partnerský odkaz), film obsahuje zaujímavé vinety pre fanúšikov wrestlingu. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, je vtiahnutý do štátneho vyšetrovania miestneho krúžku hazardných hier. Hazardný krúžok prevádzkujú dvaja miestni promotéri wrestlingu, čo je umenie napodobňujúce život ak
Narodil sa ako Norman Edward Wescoatt na Havaji v auguste 2, 1911, „Rusty“ Wescoatt hral futbal za Havajskú univerzitu predtým, ako debutoval v profesionálnom zápase na Havaji. 1933. Wescoatt bol tiež plavecký šampión. Wescoatt spočiatku priniesol viac správ o svojom plávaní ako o zápase, keď cestoval do kontinentálnych Spojených štátov v r. 1935. Na Veľkonočnú nedeľu, Apríl
Takmer 70 rokov, Stanislaus Zbyszko debutoval vo filme Noc a mesto (1950). Účtovaný ako Gregorious, bývalý zápasník a otec londýnskeho wrestlingového promotéra, Zbyszko predviedol svoje zápasnícke umenie, aj v jeho pokročilom veku, v charakteristickej scéne filmu. Film začína mužom, ktorý prenasleduje Harryho Fabiana, vždy hľadajúci londýnsky podvodník
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
Októbra 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
Novembra 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). V tomto filme, 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. V 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 (partnerský odkaz) 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