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Films and television shows based on combat sports such as boxing, mieleka, or martial arts or starring combat sports athletes.
Juu ya Agosti 2, 1947, Max M. King Productions ilitoa Killer Dill (1947), filamu ya uhalifu ambayo mwanamieleka kitaaluma Mike Mazurki anacheza "Little Joe", mshikaji anayecheza pande zote mbili za ugomvi wa genge. Stuart Erwin anaigiza kama Johnny "Killer" Dill, mbunifu wa nguo za ndani na muuzaji, ambao watu wanamkosea kuwa jambazi. Baada ya kujihusisha kwa bahati mbaya katika vita vya magenge, yake
When thinking about African American history month, I thought about the first great Black wrestler that I saw personally. When I started watching wrestling in St. Louis during 1979, “Sailor” Art Thomas wrestled regularly on Wrestling at the Chase, our local weekly wrestling show. Wrestling at the Chase aired every Sunday at 11 a.m. on KPLR Channel 11. Although Thomas
RKO Picha kuletwa Dick Tracy strip tabia ya Comic kwa screen kubwa juu ya Desemba 1, 1945. Wakati filamu ni dhahiri “B” filamu maana ya kuwa ya kwanza katika muswada mara mbili, bado ingekuwa ya riba na mashabiki wengi wa maarufu Comic strip. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit
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, anamchukua
Julai 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Mwendo “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Moto Inachukua Likizo yapata Bw. 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, inakusudia
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
Twentieth Century – Fox Film Company released the fourth Mr. Moto movie, Mr. Moto Takes a Chance (1938), on June 24, 1938. Lou Breslow and John Patrick set the film in Cambodia allowing Twentieth-Century Fox to use stock footage of the recently discovered ruins of Angkor Wat. The discovery of Angkor Wat captured the attention of the American public. Nyingi
Na “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. In 1929, he took part in a match with professional football player turned wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Sonnenberg was on the Providence Steam Roller,
Peter Lorre reprises his role as Mr. Kentaro Moto, Interpol Agent, in Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938). James Tinling directed this film and Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1937). Tinling’s participation caused Lorre to portray Mr. Moto more like Inspector Chan with a little jujitsu thrown in. Katika filamu hii, Mr. Moto teaches a criminal investigation class to several budding investigators including
The first Mr. Moto film starring Peter Lorre as Japanese jujitsu expert Kentaro Moto sees Mr. Moto tracking down a smuggling ring leader. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation released Think Fast, Mr. Mwendo (1937) Julai 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Mr. Moto disguises himself as a peddler and