Why is there no ring film of Harry Greb?

[Marchegiano]

You don't follow enough of my posts to make that call. I ignore half of the Dempsey related threads on here, or the ones Travesty hijacks that have nothing at all to do with Dempsey. Your observations are misplaced at best. Marciano fighting a washed up Moore, after Moore already took three beatings from Charles--who Marciano already beat twice is worth exploring. As are his mob connections and the suitcase full of d!cks he traveled with regularly.

None of this has anything to do with the marketability of Greb - Dempsey.

[billeau2]

I recently ran across a random article that revealed ancient *****s made of stone, bone and/or wood dating back almost 30,000 years!

Lol, that makes sense. You also have your root veggies of course...

[Willie Pep 229]

Well, this thread took a strange turn!

Blame SI they introduced the whole suitcase full of apparatus story. Must have been breaking news they thought they needed to get out there.

[GhostofDempsey]

None of this has anything to do with the marketability of Greb - Dempsey.

And Dempsey had nothing to do with the original question asked in the thread about why there isn’t any film on Greb.

[Marchegiano]

And Dempsey had nothing to do with the original question asked in the thread about why there isn’t any film on Greb.

That's nothing to do with me either.

[Willie Pep 229]

Ok I'll start it over . . . Greb just wasn't popular enough for any film he might be in to get much theater action (hampered also by the Sims Act) so there just weren't enough copies or interest around for the film to survive the ravages of time.

Yes I am repeating myself. . . time has inflated his greatness; he was popular but he wasn't a rock star.

Just by the number of newspaper mentions you can see that Harry Wills was considerably more popular with the fans than Greb and at least pieces of his films have survived.

I think there may also have been a strong casual fan bias towards the HWs ( as aways) and those are the fans who make a fight film profitable.

[travestyny]

Ok I'll start it over . . .

Yea, that's your best bet, Suckas!

Joking. It's all good. ( though you ducked me :P).

[Anthony342]

Yea, that's your best bet, Suckas!

Joking. It's all good. ( though you ducked me :P).

WTF movie is that? Looks like Cyrus in the background there from The Warriors.

[travestyny]

WTF movie is that? Looks like Cyrus in the background there from The Warriors.

That is definitely Cyrus. lol. Poor guy couldn't get cast as anything other than a gang member, apparently :P


It's called the Education of Sonny Carson, I believe. Classic gang movie from the 70's. The dude with the f-ed up teeth was actually a real gang leader, from what I've heard.

[Willie Pep 229]

Yea, that's your best bet, Suckas!

Joking. It's all good. ( though you ducked me :P).

Cool!

What did you think of my statement that Wills was more popular than Greb ( by a wide margin.)?

Agree or dis? I am curious.

P.S. Theatrical question . . . Which character was I suppose to like? The old guy who looked 33 playing a teenager ? . . . I kinda liked the Hawk guy with the F cked up teeth ! -- Who did you like?

BTW Was this a CIA visual/audio African American cultural Rorschach test disguised as a movie? Whom did you relate to, the butter fly or the dragon? (Card #11)