Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Plaas oor klassieke films en films wat verband hou met gevegsport en geskiedenis.
Augustus 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions het Killer Dill vrygestel (1947), 'n misdaadfilm wat die professionele stoeier Mike Mazurki "Little Joe" vertolk, 'n handlanger wat beide kante van 'n bendevete speel. Stuart Erwin speel Johnny “Killer” Dill, 'n onderklere-ontwerper en verkoopspersoon, wie mense vir 'n gangster verwar. Nadat hy hom per ongeluk by 'n bendeoorlog betrek het, sy
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Shadow of the Thin Man vrygestel (1941) in November 1941. Een van die latere Thin Man-films (Koste skakel), die film bevat interessante vignette vir stoei-aanhangers. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, word ingetrek in 'n staatsondersoek van 'n plaaslike dobbelring. Twee plaaslike stoeipromotors bestuur die dobbelring, wat kuns is wat die lewe naboots as
Norman Edward Wescoatt is op Augustus in Hawaii gebore 2, 1911, "Rusty" Wescoatt het sokker vir die Universiteit van Hawaii gespeel voordat hy sy professionele stoeidebuut in Hawaii gemaak het 1933. Wescoatt was ook 'n swemkampioen. Wescoatt het aanvanklik meer nuus vir sy swem as sy stoei gemaak toe hy na die vasteland van die Verenigde State gereis het in 1935. Op Paassondag, April
Op Oktober 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
Op November 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). In hierdie film, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Mev. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Mev. 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-reeks. 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. In 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, Die 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 (Koste skakel) 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
Op Oktober 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 and Bobby Jordan play the leaders
Januarie 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