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 “Een” 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. Sommige systemen zijn gemaakt voor de straat of militaire training en zijn beter dan anderen. Echter, the insularity of too many martial arts keep some instructors from exploring defenses for different

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De Bat (1926)

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Roland V. West kocht de rechten en regisseerde The Bat (1926) (affiliate link), een van de eerste “oud donker huis” mysteries voor United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson was de cameraman voor zowel deze film en The Old Dark House (1932), die vergelijkbaar zijn expressionistische elementen te delen. Beide films zijn in grote herenhuizen, 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 “Luwte” Ellis’ nee Johannpeter’s siblings. My grandfather told me a lot about his Uncle “Stoeterij”, 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. Opa

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