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Gorgeous George Wrestling Movie 1949 Alias the Champ Mexican Lobby Card

$ 8.94

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Mexico
  • Year: 1940-49
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Original/Reproduction: Original

    Description

    Offered is a black-&-white Mexican lobby card from the movie
    Alias the Champ
    , a 1949 movie starring wrestling's one and only
    Gorgeous George
    !  This lobby card measures approximately 16.75 inches by 12.5 inches.  The insert picture within the lobby card is an excellent photograph of a wrestling match in which the Gorgeous one is attempting to twist his opponent's head off.
    The storyline for this movie was
    New York gangsters trying to muscle in on the California wrestling scene come up against a wrestler who won't knuckle under. They frame him for a murder, and his manager and a cop set out to clear his name, catch the real killers and save the reputation of the sport of wrestling.  The movie contains three wrestlers besides
    Gorgeous George
    ;
    Sammy Menacker
    ,
    Billy
    V
    arga
    , and
    Henry Kulky
    are other wrestlers that had roles in this movie.