Passport to Suez (1943)

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آب 19, 1943, Columbia Pictures released Passport to Suez (1943). Warren William plays Michael Lanyard, the Lone Wolf, for the final time in this film (وصلة التابعة). The film opens in Alexandria, Egypt, where Lanyard has just arrived. Lanyard meets up with his old friend Johnny Booth, a successful cafe’ owner. لكن, Lanyard’s real purpose is a mission for

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Intro to Morrissey vs. بول

جون موريسي

This post is an excerpt from the revised book Morrissey vs. بول: سياسة, [بريزفيغتينغ وقتل بيل الجزار. The hot air laid stagnant in the room as the man in the corner tried to sleep. Giving up on the possibility of sleep, the “Troy Giant” pulled himself into a sitting position on the edge of the bed.

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ماذا برتبة حزام أسود متوسط?

كانو و-ميفان

I have spent a lot of time studying different rank systems. The rank system seems to be a modern concept started by Dr. Jigaro Kano, an educator, who wanted a system of grading to separate students. Over the next century, numerous styles adopted the belt rank system but the only commonality was the belt systems meant what the creator decided

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Lord Barrington Is Beaten Up

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Thief. Liar. Bigamist. Con Man. Murderer. All accurate labels for one of the greatest charlatans to operate in St. لويس. “Lord F. Seymour Barrington” was a bit of a local celebrity, if an extremely disreputable one, during 1903. After conducting a bigamist marriage on the East Coast, “الرب بارينغتون” stole his wife’s trousseau and headed to St. لويس. When Barrington

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Rose Elker Slaps a Masher

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Rosa or Rose Elker was born in St. Louis on February 5, 1890. Aunt Rose was my great-grandmother, Magdalena Elker’s, youngest sister. يوم السبت, سبتمبر 22, 1906, the 16-year-old Rose was walking to her job at the Plows Candy Factory in St. لويس. Aunt Rose was walking about 8 am in the morning, when she started to cross the 18th

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خلف القناع (1946)

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مشبك صور صدر وراء قناع (1946), the second of three films (وصلة التابعة) based on the popular Shadow radio program, on May 25, 1946. “<تمتد bbox_x = "538" bbox_y = "1070" bbox_w = "9" bbox_h = "20" fsize = "14" fweight = "3" أحمر = "255" أخضر = "255" أزرق = "255" ألفا = "” الفيلم الممثل الرائدة كين ريتشموند يعود كما امونت كرانستون, الصنو من الظل الغامض. يبدأ الفيلم باتباع الأنشطة وابتزاز صحيفة مراسل جيف مان, played by James Cardwell. After

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Collins Executed for Union Bank Robbery

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This post is an unedited excerpt from my newest book to be released in Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph’s trial delayed George Collins’ execution to later in the day on March 27, 1904. Normally, executions occurred at dawn. Prior to being escorted to the gallows, Sheriff Bruch allowed Collins to say goodbye to Rudolph. Collins walked into the

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The Day American Martial Arts Changed

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نوفمبر 12, 1993 at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado, a fourth degree black belt in the little known art of Gracie Jiu-Jitsu (commonly called Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in the United States) cut through an eight man style versus style martial arts tournament. Royce Gracie would turn the martial arts world on its head. After his walk through the

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Pinkertons Capture William Rudolph

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Over the next three weeks, I will be releasing posts, which are excerpts from the book I’m currently working on and one from a previously published book. The following unedited story is from the book I’m working on which will be released in the Fall or early Winter 2017. William Rudolph proved elusive after his Independence Day escape from the

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