Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Plaas oor klassieke films en films wat verband hou met gevegsport en geskiedenis.
Van 1931 te 1954, Lum en Abner besig om 'n plek onder die gewildste programme gedurende die Ou Tyd Radio era. Chester Lauck en Norris Goff het die Universiteit van Arkansas saam. Lauck en Goff later hul show Lum en Abner ontwikkel wat gebaseer is op die lewe in Arkansas. Die show geslaan 'n koord met baie luisteraars. My wife’s grandmother once told
Op November 1, 1931, Weiss Brothers Artclass Pictures released The Phantom (1931), a low-budget thriller. The film opens with a death row inmates escape from the prison on the day of his execution. After he jumps from the prison wall to the top of the train, a plane with a rope ladder picks up the prisoner. While the opening sounds
Op Maart 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau vrygestel Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu was Murnau se aanpassing van die Dracula roman deur Bram Stoker. Murnau verwaarloos die regte aan te koop om die storie te film van Stoker se boedel, wat byna gelei het tot hierdie film verlore kykers na die film. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture. Die
On Thanksgiving Weekend 1944, Paramount Pictures released One Body Too Many, a comedy-mystery film starring Jack Haley. Haley famously played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The film also starred Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley and Bela Lugosi in supporting roles. One Body Too Many begin met die miljoenêr Cyrus J. Rutherford se erfgename het bymekaargekom om die te hoor
Minor film company Conn Pictures Company released Tough to Handle (1937) on May 24, 1937. Director S. Roy Luby pairs “B” film stars Kane Richmond and Frankie Darro in this story of phony lottery tickets. Grandpa Sanford believe he won the lottery. Grandpa will be able to use the money to improve the circumstances of his grandchildren, Mike, gespeel deur
Ek wou oor een van my gunsteling films te skryf, Die Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). Dit is 'n aanpassing van die roman met dieselfde naam, geskryf deur Barones Orczy. The film (Koste skakel) gaan oor 'n Engelse eweknie, wat sy lewe risiko's deur die redding van die Franse aristokrate van die guillotine. Die storie word gekompliseer deur die feit waarmee die portuur getroud is
In one of the last films in the series, British authorites recruit Sherlock Holmes to protect the young heir to a European throne. Universal Pictures released Pursuit to Algiers (1945) on October 26, 1945. Basil Rathbone returns for the twelfth of fourteen times as Sherlock Holmes. Nigel Bruce again plays his assistant Dr. John Watson. As the film begins, Sherlock
Op Julie 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Motion “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mnr. Moto Neem 'n vakansie bevind mnr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Mnr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, beoog
Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) op April 17, 1942. Zasu Pitts stars as Aunt Emma Bates. In her youth, Aunt Emma was engaged to up-and-coming professional fighter Jim O’Banion. Her sister didn’t approve of the match, so they sent her on a trip to break up the couple. Aunt Emma regretted it and starts following the career
Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Moto fliek, Mnr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), Junie 24, 1938. Lou Breslow and John Patrick set the film in Cambodia allowing Twentieth-Century Fox to use stock footage of the recently discovered ruins of Angkor Wat. The discovery of Angkor Wat captured the attention of the American public. Baie