Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Films and television shows based on combat sports such as boxing, wrestling, or martial arts or starring combat sports athletes.
Recentemente, descobri um clipe de três minutos no YouTube, que incluiu dois de Jim Londons’ jogos da década de 1930. na primeira partida, Londos luta contra Abe Coleman. na segunda partida, Londos luta uma luta de estilos mistos com Oki Shikina, que foi treinado por Taro Miyake, o faixa preta de judô e lutador profissional. Londons foi a maior estrela de bilheteria
Em novembro 18, 1938, ex-campeão mundial de luta livre Jim Londos lutou contra o atual campeão mundial Bronko Nagurski, o grande ex-jogador de futebol do Chicago Bears. Os homens lutaram na Filadélfia, Pensilvânia para a versão de Nagurski do campeonato mundial de luta livre. Você pode ver a partida de 14 minutos na íntegra no YouTube. Quando vi a partida pela primeira vez, several
Born Norman Edward Wescoatt in Hawaii on August 2, 1911, “Rusty” Wescoatt played football for the University of Hawaii before making his professional wrestling debut in Hawaii during 1933. Wescoatt was also a swimming champion. Wescoatt initially made more news for his swimming than his wrestling when he traveled to the continental United States in 1935. On Easter Sunday, Abril
At nearly 70 anos de idade, Stanislaus Zbyszko made his film debut in Night and the City (1950). Billed as Gregorious, a retired wrestler and the father of London’s wrestling promoter, Zbyszko displayed his wrestling skills, even at his advanced age, in the film’s signature scene. The movie begins with a man chasing Harry Fabian, a London hustler always looking
Joe Stecher capturing the world wrestling championship from Earl Caddock is the oldest professional wrestling film in existence. Tragicamente, promoters filmed the biggest matches of the 1910s and 1920s including the second Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt match, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne “Big” Munn, Stecher vs. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match
Willard “Wild Bill” Longson was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 but spent most of his adult life in St. Louis, Missouri. After beginning his career as a professional wrestler in 1931, Longson found himself working for Tom Packs in St. Louis. He never really left as it would be his home base for the remainder
Ed “Strangler” Lewis is one of the top two American professional wrestlers of all-time. While Lewis was a legitimate submission wrestler, who could beat anyone in a wrestling contest, he worked almost exclusively in prearranged exhibition matches. Em 1929, he took part in a match with professional football player turned wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg was on the Providence Steam Roller,
Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) em abril 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
RKO Pictures trouxe o personagem de quadrinhos Dick Tracy para a tela grande em dezembro 1, 1945. Enquanto a película é, definitivamente, um “B” filme feito para ser o primeiro a tocar duas vezes, ele ainda teria sido de interesse para os muitos fãs da história em quadrinhos populares. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
Em janeiro de 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, takes him