Mamamatay na Dill (1947)

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Sa Agosto 2, 1947, Max M. Inilabas ng King Productions ang Killer Dill (1947), isang pelikulang krimen na ginampanan ng propesyonal na wrestler na si Mike Mazurki bilang "Little Joe", isang alipores na naglalaro sa magkabilang panig ng away ng gang. Si Stuart Erwin ay gumaganap bilang Johnny "Killer" Dill, isang lingerie designer at salesperson, na napagkakamalang gangster ang mga tao. Matapos ang aksidenteng pagkakasangkot sa kanyang sarili sa isang gang war, kanya

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SailorArt Thomas vs. Ray Zills

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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 panahon 1979, “SailorArt 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

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Dick Tracy, Tiktik (1945)

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RKO Pictures nagdala ng Dick Tracy comic strip ng character sa malaking screen sa Disyembre 1, 1945. Habang ang pelikula ay talagang isang “B” nilalayong film na maging unang sa double kuwenta, ito pa rin maaaring naging ng interes sa maraming mga tagahanga ng mga sikat na comic strip. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit

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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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Sa Hulyo 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Paggalaw “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation finds Mr. 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, intends

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Binaba ni Lewis ang Pamagat kay Sonnenberg

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At “Strangler” Si Lewis ay isa sa nangungunang dalawang Amerikanong propesyonal na wrestler sa lahat ng panahon. Habang si Lewis ay isang lehitimong submission wrestler, na kayang talunin ang sinuman sa isang paligsahan sa pakikipagbuno, halos eksklusibo siyang nagtrabaho sa mga prearranged exhibition matches. Sa 1929, nakibahagi siya sa isang laban sa propesyonal na manlalaro ng putbol na naging wrestler, Gus Sonnenberg. Si Sonnenberg ay nasa Providence Steam Roller,

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Mr. Moto’s Gamble (1938)

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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. Sa ganitong film, Mr. Moto teaches a criminal investigation class to several budding investigators including

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Isipin Mabilis, Mr. Paggalaw (1937)

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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. Paggalaw (1937) sa Hulyo 27, 1937. Peter Lorre would play Mr. Moto seven more times for Twentieth Century – Fox. Mr. Nag-disguise si Moto bilang isang peddler at

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