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Films and television shows based on combat sports such as boxing, wrestling, or martial arts or starring combat sports athletes.
I recently discovered a three minute clip on YouTube, which included two of Jim Londos’ matches 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
På November 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
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, April
At nearly 70 år, 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. Tragiskt, promotorer filmade de största matcherna på 1910- och 1920-talen inklusive den andra Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt-matchen, but they rotted in storage areas. promotorer filmade de största matcherna på 1910- och 1920-talen inklusive den andra Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt-matchen. promotorer filmade de största matcherna på 1910- och 1920-talen inklusive den andra Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt-matchen, promotorer filmade de största matcherna på 1910- och 1920-talen inklusive den andra Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt-matchen. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match
Willard “Vilda Bill” Longson föddes i Salt Lake City, Utah, on June 8, 1906 men tillbringade större delen av sitt vuxna liv i St. Louis, Missouri. Efter att ha börjat sin karriär som professionell brottare i 1931, Longson fann sig själv arbeta för Tom Packs i St. Louis. He never really left as it would be his home base for the remainder
Och “Strangler” Lewis är en av de två bästa amerikanska professionella brottarna genom tiderna. Medan Lewis var en legitim brottare för underkastelse, som kunde slå vem som helst i en brottningstävling, han arbetade nästan uteslutande i förutbestämda utställningsmatcher. I 1929, han deltog i en match med professionell fotbollsspelare blev brottare, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg var på Providence Steam Roller,
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
RKO Pictures förde Dick Tracy seriefigur på den stora skärmen på December 1, 1945. Medan filmen är definitivt en “B” filmen tänkt att vara först på den dubbelräkning, det fortfarande skulle ha varit av intresse för de många fans av den populära tecknade serien. Chester Gould skapade remsan i oktober 1931 for the Detroit
På Januari 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