Russian Civil War Snags Aberg and Lurich

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Estonia gave birth to three of the greatest wrestlers of the first two decades of the 20th Century: Georg Lurich, George Hackenschmidt and Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. As part of the Russian Empire at the time, Estonia contained a number of elementary and high schools with superior physical education programs. Lurich and Hackenschmidt both started out as weightlifters and transitioned into

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Dick Tracy, Nyomozó (1945)

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RKO Pictures hozta a Dick Tracy képregény jellegű, hogy a nagy képernyőn december 1, 1945. Bár a film minden bizonnyal egy “B” film azt jelentette, hogy először a két törvényjavaslatot, még mindig lett volna az érdeke, hogy a sok rajongó a népszerű képregény. Chester Gould created the strip in October 1931 for the Detroit

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Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It

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Május 17, 1941, Twentieth Century – Fox released the third and last Inspector Hornleigh feature film, Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It. The series blends comedy and crime drama to create a unique product. Gordon Harker plays Inspector Hornleigh, while Alistair Sims reprises his role as Sgt. Bingham. A film (affiliate link) opens with Inspector Hornleigh dictating his memoirs to

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Pretty Boy Floyd’s St. Louis Robbery

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-Ben 1934, Charles ArthurPretty BoyFloyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Viszont, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office

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Policewomen Break Up Theft Ring in 1919

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A kedd este, Február 18, 1919, kiadása a Szent. Louis Post-Dispatch detailed the arrest of two men and two women for the theft of numerous luxury items. Tudatában annak, hogy a bolti lopás gyűrűt dolgozott egy pár a helyi ékszer üzletek, A St. Louis Police Department assigned several undercover police women to follow the suspects. Their work resulted in the

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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)

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On December 1, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox released Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939), the second film in the three film series. Gordon Harker starred as Scotland Yard Inspector Hornleigh. The film opens in Brighton-on-the-Sea, where a storm has kept Inspector Hornleigh and his assistant Sergeant Bingham, played by Alastair Sim, inside for their first few vacation days. Following the rule in

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Chief Desmond Gets a Confession

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St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was known for his ability to gain confessions from criminals. Unlike other detectives, who would sometimes use physical intimidation, Desmond eschewed the “third degree”. Chief Desmond believed information obtained by beating suspects was completely unreliable. Desmond would start a discussion with the suspect. After putting him or her at ease, Desmond would let

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