Historiador de deportes de combate y artista marcial
Post about classic films and films related to combat sports and history.
En agosto 2, 1947, Máximo M. King Productions lanzó Killer Dill (1947), una película policial en la que el luchador profesional Mike Mazurki interpreta a "Little Joe", un secuaz que juega en ambos lados de una disputa entre pandillas. Stuart Erwin interpreta a Johnny "Killer" Dill, diseñadora y vendedora de lencería, a quien la gente confunde con un gángster. Después de involucrarse accidentalmente en una guerra de pandillas, his
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) lanzado La sombra del hombre delgado (1941) en noviembre 1941. Una de las últimas películas de Thin Man. (enlace de afiliado), la película contiene viñetas interesantes para los fanáticos de la lucha libre. Nick Carlos, played by William Powell, se involucra en una investigación estatal de una red de juego local. Dos promotores locales de lucha libre dirigen el mundo del juego, que es arte imitando la vida si
Nació Norman Edward Wescoatt en Hawaii en agosto 2, 1911, "Rusty" Wescoatt jugó fútbol americano para la Universidad de Hawaii antes de hacer su debut en la lucha libre profesional en Hawaii durante 1933. Wescoatt también fue campeón de natación.. Wescoatt inicialmente fue más noticia por su natación que por su lucha cuando viajó a los Estados Unidos continentales en 1935. El domingo de Pascua, Abril
En octubre 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
En noviembre 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). En esta película, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Sra.. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Sra.. 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” Ciclo de cine. 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, Los Susurros Bat,
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 (enlace de afiliado) 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
En octubre 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” cine. 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
En enero 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. Mientras que los británicos