“Terrible” Terry Beats Dixon for Title

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Ar Ionawr 5, 1900, four days before a showdown with Bantamweight Boxing Champion Terry McGovern, Featherweight World Boxing Champion George Dixon made an announcement to chill the spine of all his supporters. Dixon announced that win or lose, he would be retiring from the ring after the bout with McGovern. The last thing a manager wants to hear before a

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House of Frankenstein (1944)

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Ar Ragfyr 1, 1944, Universal Pictures released the latest horror film in the Frankenstein series, House of Frankenstein, with an all-star cast. Boris Karloff, who originally played Frankenstein’s monster, returns to the series as the mad scientist Dr. Niemann. An earthquake releases him and his hunchbacked assistant Daniel from prison. Dr. Mae Niemann yn bwriadu dial union ar y dynion sy'n

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One Body Too Many (1944)

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On Thanksgiving Weekend 1944, Paramount Pictures released One Body Too Many, a comedy-mystery film starring Jack Haley. Haley famously played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz (1939). The film also starred Jean Parker, Lyle Talbot, Douglas Fowley and Bela Lugosi in supporting roles. Mae Un Corff Gormod yn dechrau gyda'r miliwnydd Cyrus J. Ymgasglodd etifeddion Rutherford i wrando ar y

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William Muldoon Prepares to Be Champion

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Yn 1880, William Muldoon would become World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion in the Greco-Roman style after defeating Thiebaud Bauer, the reigning champion. Before he would accomplish this feat, Muldoon had to pay his dues and prepare for the title tilt with Bauer. Yn 1876, Muldoon caught the attention of former bare knuckle prizefighting world champion John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former

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Gentleman Jim KOs Boston Strong Boy

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John L. Sullivan had dominated the prize ring during his career. Possessing a record of 40 wins, no losses and two draws, “Mae'r Boston Boy cryf” was considered invincible. Sullivan won the world championship in 1882 and dispensed all challengers culminating with the Fight of the Nineteenth Century with Jake Kilrain. After defeating Kilrain in this epic bout, John L.

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Sherlock Holmes’ Awr Angheuol (1931)

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Fe'i gelwir hefyd yn y Cardinal Cysgu, Sherlock Holmes’ Awr Angheuol (1931) yw'r ffilm Sherlock Holmes cyntaf serennu Arthur Wontner yn y rôl deitl. Mae'r ffilm yn ymwneud â dyn ifanc, sydd wedi bod yn twyllo ar bont i adennill ei gyfoeth a gollwyd. Yr Athro Moriarty yn defnyddio'r wybodaeth mewn ymgais i blacmel y dyn ifanc Ronald Adair, portreadu gan Leslie Perrins.

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Mynegiadaeth yn Nosferatu (1922)

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Ar Fawrth 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau Nosferatu rhyddhau (1922). Roedd Nosferatu Addasiad Murnau o'r nofel Dracula Bram Stoker gan. Murnau esgeuluso i brynu'r hawliau i ffilmio'r stori o ystâd Stoker, sydd bron wedi arwain at y ffilm hon yn cael ei golli i ffilmio gwylwyr. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture. Mae'r

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