Muldoon Fails to Throw Sorakichi 5 Times

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Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Siden fansen bare anså Clarence Whistler som dyktig nok til å virkelig true hans regjeringstid, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Mai 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, som

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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)

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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) er den siste oppføringen i “B” film serie. RKO Pictures tok serier over fra Republic Pictures, som lanserte den originale Dick Tracy serier på slutten av 1930-tallet og begynnelsen av 1940-tallet. RKO Pictures sluppet filmen på kino på September 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch

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Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)

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Når Twentieth Century-Fox bestemte seg for å droppe Charlie Chan serien etter Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney Toler kjøpt rettighetene til serien og tok det til Monogram Pictures. Etter å ha gjort 11 filmer med Twentieth Century-Fox, Toler ville gjøre 11 Charlie Chan filmer med Monogram Pictures. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) was the ninth film that Toler made for Monogram

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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

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When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the

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