Caroline Leah “Lee” Ellis

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My great grandmother, Caroline Leah “Lee” Ellis nee Johannpeter was born to Frederick William August Johannpeter, 1839 – 1903, and Joanna Grieve, 1843 – Unbekannt, in St. Charles, MO on June 13, 1881. She was the second youngest of six siblings, Gustav, Anna, Amalia “Marie”, Julius “Jules” and Charles Frederick. Great Grandma was said to be a very strong-willed person.

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

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While it may not be on classic film lists, I love The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) (affiliate link). It is an adaptation of the novel (affiliate link) mit dem gleichen Namen, von Baroness Orczy geschrieben. The film concerns an English gentleman, who risks his life to save French aristocrats from the guillotine. Sir Percy Blakeney married Marguerite, a French woman with

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Die 1953 Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

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Am Freitag,, April 24, 1953, drei Männer und eine Fluchtwagen-Fahrer versucht, rauben die Südwestbank an der Ecke der Avenue Southwest und S. Kingshighway Boulevard in St. Louis, MO. Die St. Louis Polizei vereitelt den Raub, was der Schwerpunkt der eine wurde 1959 Film, Der Große St.. Louis Bank Robbery. The film is now in the public domain. Fred W. Bowerman,

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