Staraí Spóirt agus Ealaíontóir Comhraic
Post about classic films and films related to combat sports and history.
Ar Lúnasa 2, 1947, Max M. D'eisigh King Productions Killer Dill (1947), scannán coireachta a imríonn an wrestler gairmiúil Mike Mazurki “Little Joe”, fear cearc ag imirt ar an dá thaobh d'fheachtas gang. Is é Stuart Erwin an ról atá ag Johnny “Killer” Dill, dearthóir lingerie agus díoltóir, a dhéanann daoine dearmad ar gangster. Tar éis dó é féin a bheith páirteach i gcogadh gang de thaisme, a
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Scaoileadh Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) i mí na Samhna 1941. Ceann de na scannáin Thin Man níos déanaí (nasc affiliate), tá vignettes suimiúla do lucht leanúna wrestling sa scannán. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, tharraingt isteach in imscrúdú stáit ar fháinne cearrbhachais áitiúil. Ritheann beirt thionscnóirí wrestling áitiúla an fáinne cearrbhachais, atá ealaín ag aithris ar an saol má
Rugadh Norman Edward Wescoatt i Haváí i mí Lúnasa 2, 1911, D’imir “Rusty” Wescoatt peil d’Ollscoil Haváí sular thosaigh sé ag iomramh gairmiúil i Haváí lena linn 1933. Bhí Wescoatt ina chraobh snámha freisin. Ar dtús rinne Wescoatt níos mó nuachta dá shnámha ná mar a rinne sé nuair a thaistil sé go dtí na Stáit Aontaithe i Mór-roinn 1935. Ar Dhomhnach Cásca, Aibreán
Ar Deireadh Fómhair 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
Ar Samhain 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). Sa scannán seo, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Bean. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Bean. Stack suspects Dr. Jannery, who operates her hospital, of negligence in the death of
Columbia Pictiúir’ Sraith Lone Wolf, starring Warren Williams mar Michael lanyard, Is é ceann de mo is fearr leat “B” sraith scannán. Williams imir an thief jewel debonair, a bhealach foircinn i gcónaí ar bun ag cabhrú leis na póilíní a réiteach sraith de coireanna. Counter-Espionage (1942) Tosaíonn le Lanyard pleananna top secret ó Sir Stafford Hart sábháilte ghoid. 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, Na Whispers Ialtóg,
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 (nasc affiliate) 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
Ar Deireadh Fómhair 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
Ar Eanáir 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