Bardagaíþróttasagnfræðingur og bardagalistamaður
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Ágúst 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions gaf út Killer Dill (1947), glæpamynd sem atvinnuglímukappinn Mike Mazurki leikur „Little Joe“, handlangari sem spilar báðar hliðar glæpagengja. Stuart Erwin fer með hlutverk Johnny "Killer" Dill, undirfatahönnuður og sölumaður, sem fólk villur fyrir að sé glæpamaður. Eftir að hafa óvart blandað sér í glæpastríð, hans
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) gaf út Shadow of the Thin Man (1941) í nóvember 1941. Ein af síðari Thin Man myndunum (tengja hlekkur), myndin inniheldur áhugaverðar vinjettur fyrir glímuaðdáendur. Nick Charles, played by William Powell, er dreginn inn í ríkisrannsókn á staðbundnum spilahring. Tveir staðbundnir glímuforstjórar reka spilahringinn, sem er list að líkja eftir lífinu ef
Fæddur Norman Edward Wescoatt á Hawaii í ágúst 2, 1911, „Rusty“ Wescoatt lék fótbolta fyrir háskólann á Hawaii áður en hann lék frumraun sína í atvinnuglímu á Hawaii á meðan 1933. Wescoatt var einnig sundmeistari. Wescoatt sagði upphaflega fleiri fréttir fyrir sundið sitt en glímuna þegar hann ferðaðist til meginlands Bandaríkjanna í 1935. Á páskadag, Apríl
Á október 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
Nóvember 18, 1941, Columbia Pictures released Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941). Í þessari mynd, Ralph Bellamy portrays Ellery Queen for the fourth and final time. The film opens with a wealthy widow, Mrs. Augusta Stack, seeking the help of the police department. Mrs. Stack suspects Dr. Jannery, who operates her hospital, of negligence in the death of
Columbia Pictures’ Lone Wolf series, aðalhlutverki Warren Williams eins og Michael snúra, er einn af uppáhalds mínum “B” Myndin röð. Williams lék Debonair Jewel þjófur, sem einhvern veginn endar alltaf upp hjálpa lögreglan leysa ýmsar glæpi. Counter-Njósnir (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. Í 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 (tengja hlekkur) 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
Á október 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
Janúar 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