Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

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After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman

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Den spanske Cape Mystery (1935)

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Den spanske Cape Mystery (1935) er en tilpasning af en af ​​Ellery Queen-romanerne. To fætre, Frederic Dannay og Manfred Lee, der skrev en række kriminalromaner under pseudonymet titelrollen. I denne film, Ellery dronning tager en ferie til Californien med sin ven Dommer Macklin. Selvfølgelig, de er ikke længe inde i deres

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Sherlock Holmes triumf (1935)

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Sherlock Holmes triumf (1935) is one of the five Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adapted the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear but added to the story to give Professor Moriarty and Col. Sebastian Moran roles in the story. En væsentlig del af filmen er genfortælling af

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

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I januar 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.

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Paul Pons, Maker af Wrestling Stars

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Paul Pons var den græsk-romerske Wrestling Champion Frankrig i 1890'erne. Han vandt en turnering på Folies-Bergères før vinde en turnering i Rusland i 1898. Disse sejre gjorde det muligt for ham at kræve verdensmesterskabet for græsk-romersk wrestling. Pons kapitaliseres på denne berygtet ved at åbne et træningscenter for at træne brydere og stærke mænd. Pons’ sejren var især bemærkelsesværdig på grund af

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Appointment with Danger (1950)

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I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Paramount Pictures released Appointment with Danger (affiliate link) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United

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