The Woman in Green (1945)

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The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes (affiliate link) produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone returns as Holmes in the eleventh of fourteen turns as the English sleuth. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” film. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women.

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Self-Defense Instruction

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The problem with too much martial arts’ self-defense instruction is that they are low percentage defenses against unrealistic attacks taught by some instructors, who have limited knowledge of street attacks. Some systems were created for street or military training and are better than others. Men, the insularity of too many martial arts keep some instructors from exploring defenses for different

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The Bat (1926)

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Roland V. West købte rettighederne og instrueret The Bat (1926) (affiliate link), en af ​​de første “gamle mørke hus” mysterier for United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson var filmfotograf for både denne film og Den Gamle Mørk House (1932), der deler lignende ekspressionistiske elementer. Begge film er i store palæer, which have seen better days. The key

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Herman Johannpeter (1878 – 1921)

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When I started researching the family history, I only knew about two of my great-grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Jules”, Julius Johannpeter. Grandpa lived with Uncle Jules from the time he left Missouri Military Academy in 1932 until he married my grandmother, Alvina Ellis nee Mosblech in 1938. Bedstefar

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