Fred Beell drepinn í skyldustörfum

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Fred Beell glímdi faglega frá 1900 til 1919. Eftir að hafa þróað með sér goðsagnakenndan orðstír vegna nokkurra sigra hans á Martin “Farmer” Burns, Dan McLeod og Frank Gotch, Beell lét af störfum þegar hann nálgaðist 43 ára. Eftirglímuferill hans myndi leiða til óvænts dauða hans kl 57. Fred Beell sigraði langa möguleika til að verða hæfur atvinnuglímumaður

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Gotch Beats Lurich in His Last Match

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Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, heimsmeistari wrestler og weightlifter í 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch haldin titilinn í fimm ár og ósigur öllum Koma. Á tiltölulega unga aldri 35, Gotch ákveðið að láta af störfum. Fyrir síðasta leik sínum, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich

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The Bat Whispers (1930)

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Nóvember 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Þó, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.

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George Baptiste Meets World Champion

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Á föstudaginn, Maí 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Missouri. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 mínútur. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler

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Terror by Night (1946)

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Universal Pictures released the thirteenth of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 kvikmyndir. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs hires Holmes to protect the

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Santel Hurts Another Wrestler

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Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Hann notaði

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Dilemma dick Tracy er (1947)

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Á maí 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd aftur til Dick Tracy kosningaréttur í ógöngur Dick Tracy er (1947). Það voru velkomnir fréttir fyrir aðdáendur kosningaréttur þótt Chester Gould var athyglisverð undantekning. Gould skapaði Tracy staf fyrir grínisti síðu Detroit Mirror. Eftir Chicago Tribune tók upp grínisti fréttaskot, Það er vinsældir sprakk. Gould

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