Londos Wrestles Coleman ak Shikina

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I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, which included two of Jim Londosmatches from the 1930s. In the first match, Londos wrestles Abe Coleman. In the second match, Londos wrestles a mixed styles match with Oki Shikina, who was trained by Taro Miyake, the Judo black belt and professional wrestler. Londos was the biggest box office star

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Londos vs. Nagurski in 1938

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Sou Novanm 18, 1938, former world wrestling champion Jim Londos wrestled current world champion Bronko Nagurski, the great former football player for the Chicago Bears. The men wrestled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Nagurski’s version of the world wrestling championship. You can view the 14-minute match in its entirety on YouTube. When I viewed the match for the first time, several

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Night and the City (1950)

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Nan prèske 70 ane ki gen laj, Stanislaus Zbyszko te fè premye fim li nan Night and the City (1950). Faktire kòm Gregorious, yon wrèstle retrete ak papa pwomotè lit Lond la, Zbyszko montre konpetans lit li, menm nan laj avanse li, nan sèn siyati fim nan. Fim nan kòmanse ak yon nonm k ap kouri dèyè Harry Fabian, yon London hustler toujou kap

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Pi ansyen fim lit ki egziste

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Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Trajik, Pi ansyen fim lit ki egziste, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Pi ansyen fim lit ki egziste, Pi ansyen fim lit ki egziste. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match

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Alias the Champ (1949)

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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

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So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942)

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Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) on April 17, 1942. Zasu Pitts stars as Aunt Emma Bates. In her youth, Aunt Emma was engaged to up-and-coming professional fighter Jim O’Banion. Her sister didn’t approve of the match, so they sent her on a trip to break up the couple. Aunt Emma regretted it and starts following the career

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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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Sou Jiye 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Mouvman “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Pandan ke Pedreira konplè rechèch ak site sous prensipal yo. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Mr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, Pandan ke Pedreira konplè rechèch ak site sous prensipal yo

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Iron Fist and Martial Arts

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Marvel Studios released the series Iron Fist on Netflix on March 17, 2017. The series based on the Marvel comic about Danny Rand, a young man presumed to have died in a plane crash. Rand is rescued as a child by monks, who teach him martial arts in the Himalayas. The series contains a number of great martial arts fight scenes.

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Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)

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Sou Avril 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox released the seventh of eight Mr. Mouvman “B” sinema. Mr. Pandan ke Pedreira konplè rechèch ak site sous prensipal yo. Moto on a ship headed to Puerto Rico. Mr. Mouvman, played by Peter Lorre, and several passengers are watching a wrestling match. Twister McGurk, played by Warren Hymer, is wrestling Sailor Sam, played by Ward Bond. Mr. Mouvman

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Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)

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In the sixth of eight Mr. Moto films released between 1937 ak 1939, Interpol police officer Kentaro Moto pursues a group of international saboteurs. Twentieth Century – Fox Film Corporation released Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939) (lyen afilye) on January 20, 1939. Peter Lorre returns as the cerebral but deadly Mr. Mouvman. Ricardo Cortez plays Fabian the Great, a ventriloquist,

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