Historik bojových sportů a bojový umělec
Posts about “B” films, the first film shown on a double bill.
Října 14, 1932, RKO Pictures released The Phantom of Crestwood (1932), the film end to a radio play of the same year. The film concerns the murder of Jenny Wren or more properly “Who Killed Jenny Wren?” Wren, played by Karen Morley, blackmails several prominent men, who carried on affairs with her in the past. One of the men
Broadcast companies were looking for content during the early days of television. Besides older movies and some broadcast company productions, sports were a source of programming for many television stations. The Dumont Television Network was one of the powerhouse networks in the beginning of the Golden Age of Television. One of their most popular programs was wrestling and the star
Srpna 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions vydala Killer Dill (1947), kriminální film, ve kterém profesionální wrestler Mike Mazurki hraje „Little Joe“, stoupenec hrající obě strany sporu mezi gangy. Stuart Erwin hraje Johnnyho „Killera“ Dilla, návrhářka a prodejce spodního prádla, koho si lidé pletou s gangsterem. Poté, co se náhodou zapletl do války gangů, jeho
Sherlock Holmes Tváře smrti (1943) je volně založený na Dobrodružství Musgrave rituálu. Povídka byla publikována v časopisu The Strand Magazine v průběhu května 1893. To bylo později sestaven v pamětech Sherlocka Holmese. V příběhu, Musgrave Mansion držel v tajnosti, že i to obyvatelé nevěděli. This film follows the same plot line
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) is the final entry in “B” film series. RKO Pictures took the series over from Republic Pictures, who released the original Dick Tracy serials in the late 1930s and early 1940s. RKO Pictures released the film to theaters on September 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
Ledna 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies. Zatímco Britové
Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Dr. Ordway arrives
RKO Pictures přinesl Dick Tracy kresleného seriálu znak na velké obrazovce prosince 1, 1945. Zatímco film je rozhodně “B” Film měl být v první řadě na dvojtitul, stále by bylo předmětem zájmu mnoha fanoušků oblíbeného kresleného seriálu. Chester Gould vytvořil pás v říjnu 1931 for the Detroit
Března 19, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released the second film starring the Old Time Radio comedy team Lum and Abner. The Bashful Bachelor (1942) starred Chester Lauck as Lum Edwards and Norris Goff as Abner Peabody, the owners of the Jot’Em Down Store in Arkansas. V tomto filmu (partnerský odkaz), dlouholetý mládenec Lum Edwards se chce stát hrdinou
Ledna 26, 1934, United Artists released Palooka (1934), a feature film based on the popular comic strip. Stuart Erwin plays Joe Palooka but Jimmy Durante steals the show as his manager Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka is the son of former world boxing champion Pete Palooka. When Joe was a baby, his mother Mayme, played by Marjorie Rambeau, bere ho