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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
Marraskuun 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, Huhtikuu
At nearly 70 vuotiaita, 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. On traagista, 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. Ludvig, Missouri. After beginning his career as a professional wrestler in 1931, Longson found himself working for Tom Packs in St. Ludvig. He never really left as it would be his home base for the remainder
Ed “Strangler” Lewis on yksi kaikkien aikojen kahdesta parhaasta amerikkalaisesta painijasta. Vaikka Lewis oli laillinen alistunut painija, joka voisi voittaa ketään paini kilpailussa, hän työskenteli melkein yksinomaan ennalta järjestetyissä näyttelyotteluissa. Sisään 1929, hän osallistui otteluun ammattilaisjalkapalloilijan painijaksi, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg oli Providence-höyryrullalla,
Monogram Pictures released So’s Your Aunt Emma! (1942) huhtikuuta 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 toi Dick Tracy sarjakuvahahmon valkokankaalle joulukuuta 1, 1945. Vaikka elokuva on ehdottomasti “B” elokuva tarkoitus olla ensin illassa, se silti olisi ollut kiinnostavaa monet fanit suositun sarjakuvan. Chester Gould luotu nauhat lokakuussa 1931 for the Detroit
Tammikuu 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