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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. En la dua matĉo, 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
Sur novembro 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, Pluraj
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, Aprilo
At nearly 70 Jaroj de #a?o, 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. Tragedie, reklamantoj filmis la plej grandajn matĉojn de la 1910-aj jaroj kaj 1920-aj jaroj inkluzive de la dua Frank Gotch-Georg Hackenshmidt matĉo, but they rotted in storage areas. Camera operators filmed Ed “Strangler” Lewis vs. Wayne "Granda" Munn, Stecher vs. Stanislaus Zbyszko, and the reunification match
Batalsportaj Libroj “Batalsportaj Libroj” Batalsportaj Libroj, Batalsportaj Libroj, Sur junio 8, 1906 Batalsportaj Libroj. Louis, Misuro. Batalsportaj Libroj 1931, Batalsportaj Libroj. 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. Je 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) Sur aprilo 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
RKOaj Bildoj alportis la Dick Tracy komika stria karaktero al la granda ekrano sur decembro 1, 1945. Dum la filmo estas sendube “B” Filmi signifita esti unue rapide kalkulo, Ĝi ankoraŭ estus estinta de intereso al la multaj fervoruloj de la populara komika strio. Chester Gould kreis la strion en oktobro 1931 for the Detroit
Sur januaro 26, 1934, Unuigita Artistojn liberigis Palooka (1934), Ĉefaĵa filmo bazita sur la populara komika strio. Stuart Erwin ludas Joe Palooka sed Jimmy Durante ŝteladas la rezulton kiel lia manaĝero Knobby Walsh. Joe Palooka estas la filo de eksa monda bokso ĉampiono Pete Palooka. Kiam Joe estis bebo, Lia patrino Mayme, Ludita de Marjorie Rambeau, takes him