Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)

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Lorsque Twentieth Century-Fox a décidé d'abandonner la série Charlie Chan après le château dans le désert (1942), Sidney Toler a acheté les droits de la série et qu'il a fallu pour Monogram Pictures. Après avoir fait 11 des films avec Twentieth Century-Fox, Toler ferait 11 Films Charlie Chan avec Monogram Pictures. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) was the ninth film that Toler made for Monogram

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Langford Défaites La Grande Gans

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Sur Décembre 8, 1903, Sam Langford battu le champion en titre de boxe poids léger dans sa ville natale de Boston, Massachusetts. Avant de lutte contre Langford, la plupart des experts de boxe Joe Gans estimaient ne pouvait pas être battu dans un combat légitime. Né à Baltimore, Maryland, Gans a réussi à briser la barrière de la couleur en remportant le Championnat du Monde de boxe léger. Sam Langford is often considered

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Juve vs. Fantomas (1913)

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Juve vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade’s second film adaptation (affiliate link) of the popular crime series by Marcell Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre plays the role of Fantomas and his many aliases. Edmund Breon portrays Inspector Juve. George Melchior plays the role of Jerome Fandor, a young journalist, who assists Juve in his investigations of Fantomas. Juve and

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Chief Desmond Gets a New Assistant

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Lundi, Décembre 15, 1902, St. Louis Police Assistant Chief of Detectives James H. Smith retired from the police department to take a position in the coal industry. Chief of Detectives William Desmond attempted to convince Smith to stay but he decided to retire from the force as his fortieth birthday approached. Smith compiled a commendable record as Desmond’s Assistant.

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Terror By Night (1946)

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Universal Pictures released the thirteenth (affiliate link) of fourteen Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes on February 1, 1946. Twentieth Century-Fox produced the first two films. Universal produced the final 12 films. Terror By Night (1946) finds Holmes hired to protect the Star of Rhodesia diamond on a train bound for Scotland. Rodney Carstairs hires Holmes to

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Old Smoke Defeats Benicia Boy

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John Morrissey claimed the World Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in a controversial bout with Yankee Sullivan in October 1853. After beating a murder charge for his participation in the murder of Bill “The Butcher” À, Morrissey decided to defend his title against John C. Heenan, “the Benicia Boy”. “Old Smoke” Morrissey defeated Heenan in the October 1858 bout held in

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St. Louis Police Nab Robber of Policeman

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Lundi, Mars 5, 1900, St. Louis Police Officers Thomas Meagher and Thomas Degnan apprehended men who robbed an East St. Louis Officer of his gun. Ed Sullivan, une 22 year-old transient, robbed an East St. Louis Police Officer of his gun, jewelry and possessions in late February 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive

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