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On January 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). Film (affiliate link) is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies.
In early April 1900, St. Louis Police arrested David Johnson, a 69 year-old man who claimed to be a Civil War veteran. Johnson had burglarized the home of G.H. Johnson, no relation, in 1900 block of LaSalle Street. One of the most striking things about the case of the white haired and bearded Johnson, who walked with a slight
Fidelitas Pecunia (1946) Charlie est in secundo ad ultima Chan Duis starring Toler Sidney de monogramma Pictures. Post mortem Sidney Toler, Roland Winters esset in plures partes novem, Tiberius Catius. Hoc film (affiliate link) allows us to appreciate Toler’s portrayal of Inspector Chan for close to the last time. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his
Michael Hyatt recently wrote an article about retirement being a modern invention and dirty word. I agree with his views with one caveat. At different seasons in our life, it is time to let somethings go to make space for new things. To do new things well, we sometimes have to let go of the old. When I was in
Huo Yuanjia was a real life hero, qui dedit animam suam tradunt fabulae. His life and expoloits have been the basis of films starring Bruce Lee and Jet Li. Ipse percussit Huo Yuanjia exterarum pugnatores, quando ab aliis in China pertulit nuper 1800s et mane 1900s. His temporibus gesta uertis,