Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Post about classic films and films related to combat sports and history.
Srpna 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions vydala Killer Dill (1947), kriminální film, ve kterém profesionální wrestler Mike Mazurki hraje „Little Joe“, stoupenec hrající obě strany sporu mezi gangy. Stuart Erwin hraje Johnnyho „Killera“ Dilla, návrhářka a prodejce spodního prádla, koho si lidé pletou s gangsterem. Poté, co se náhodou zapletl do války gangů, jeho
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) vydal Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) v listopadu 1941. Jeden z pozdějších filmů Thin Man (partnerský odkaz), film obsahuje zajímavé viněty pro fanoušky wrestlingu. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, je vtažen do státního vyšetřování místního hazardního kroužku. Hazardní kroužek provozují dva místní promotéři wrestlingu, což je umění napodobující život pokud
Narodil se jako Norman Edward Wescoatt na Havaji v srpnu 2, 1911, „Rusty“ Wescoatt hrál fotbal za University of Hawaii, než si odbyl svůj profesionální zápasový debut na Havaji. 1933. Wescoatt byl také mistr v plavání. Wescoatt zpočátku dělal více zpráv o svém plavání než o zápase, když cestoval do kontinentálních Spojených států v roce 1935. Na velikonoční neděli, Duben
Října 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
Dne 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). V tomto filmu, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Paní. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Paní. 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
Října 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” movies. 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
Ledna 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. Zatímco Britové