Fred Beell morto no cumprimento do dever

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Fred Beell lutou profissionalmente desde 1900 a 1919. Depois de desenvolver uma reputação lendária devido a algumas de suas vitórias sobre Martin “Agricultor” Queimaduras, Dan McLeod e Frank Gotch, Beell retirou-se quando se aproximou 43 anos de idade. Sua carreira pós-wrestling levaria à sua morte inesperada em 57. Fred Beell superou grandes dificuldades para se tornar um lutador profissional competente

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Gotch Beats Lurich in His Last Match

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Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, o lutador campeão do mundo e levantador de peso em 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch detinha o título por cinco anos e venceu todos os cantos. Na idade relativamente jovem de 35, Gotch decidiu se aposentar. Para sua última partida, 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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Em novembro 13, 1930, Roland V. Oeste lançou o Whispers Bat (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, The Bat (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. However, 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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Na sexta-feira, Maio 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 minutes. 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 filmes. 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. Ele usou

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Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947)

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Em Maio 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd voltou para a franquia Dick Tracy no dilema de Dick Tracy (1947). Foi uma boa notícia para os fãs da franquia, embora Chester Gould era uma notável exceção. Gould criou o personagem Tracy para a página de quadrinhos do Detroit Espelho. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould

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