Whistler and Ross Disgust Crowd

クラレンス・ホイッスラー

After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, 11月 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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The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)

公の敵からのドナルド・クック1931

The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) エラリークイーンの小説の一つの適応があります. Two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, who wrote a number of detective novels under the pseudonym of the title character. この映画の中で, Ellery Queen is taking a vacation to California with his friend Judge Macklin. Of course, 彼らは彼らに長くはありません

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Was Lewis or Gotch Better?

若い-ED-絞め殺しルイス

1月に 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “ラングラー” 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 of Wrestling Stars

ポールポンス選手権

Paul Pons was the Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion of France in the 1890s. He won a tournament at the Folies-Bergeres before winning a tournament in Russia in 1898. これらの勝利は彼が世界グレコローマンレスリング選手権を主張することを可能にしました. Pons capitalized on this notoriety by opening a gym to train wrestlers and strong men. Pons’ 勝利は特に顕著だった

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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Louis Robbery

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で 1934, Charles ArthurPretty BoyFloyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. <スパンbbox_x = "14" fweight = "3"赤= "255"緑= "255"青= "255"アルファ= "=" 244 "bbox_y =" 627 "bbox_w =" 56 "bbox_h =" 20 "FSIZE, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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Appointment with Danger (1950)

アラン・ラッド

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. パラマウント・ピクチャーズが「危険を伴うアポイントメント」を公開 (affiliate link) in London in 1950 でもアメリカでは発売しなかった

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