Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
At one point before I bought my own house, I thought home repairs were one of my skills. I helped my grandfather, Gilbert Ellis, make repairs to our house and the flat he lived in. Grandpa Ellis taught me how to replace electrical outlets, washers on sinks and build lots of things with wood. I put together lots of prefabricated
Το βράδυ των Χριστουγέννων 1902, two small town, small-time, holdup men blew open the safe of the Union, Missouri Bank. After threatening a few citizens, they made off with over $15,000. The men were relatively safe for a few months until the Pinkerton Detective Agency was called in. The Pinkertons had a nationwide agency, which was the closest thing the United
Τον Μάρτιο του 16, 1945, Universal Pictures released The House of Fear (1945), the eighth of twelve Sherlock Holmes films produced by the studio. Basil Rathbone returned as Holmes for the tenth time. Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes twice for Twentieth Century – Fox before Universal started producing the series. Despite its late entry into the series, η μεμβράνη (affiliate link) stands
I recently read Choque: The Untold Story of Jiu-Jitsu in Brazil, Volume 1 by Roberto Pedreira (Σύνδεσμος θυγατρικών Amazon), which tells an alternate story of BJJ’s beginnings than we have been told by in various interviews with members of the Gracie Family. “Σοκ” translates to “shocking” in Brazilian Portuguese. While Pedreira exhaustively researches and cites primary sources, mostly Brazilian newspapers,
Ο Φρεντ Μπελ πάλεψε επαγγελματικά από 1900 να 1919. Αφού ανέπτυξε μια θρυλική φήμη λόγω ορισμένων από τις νίκες του επί του Martin “Γεωργός” Μπερνς, Dan McLeod και Frank Gotch, Ο Μπελ αποσύρθηκε καθώς πλησίαζε 43 ετών. Η καριέρα του μετά την πάλη θα οδηγούσε στον απροσδόκητο θάνατό του στο 57. Ο Fred Beell ξεπέρασε μεγάλες πιθανότητες για να γίνει ένας ικανός επαγγελματίας παλαιστής
Growing up I heard lots of stories about my Great Grandmother Caroline “Lee” Ellis from my mother. She spent lots of time with her grandmother who lived in St. Louis. Grandpa Ellis moved to Illinois a couple of times during the 1940s and 1950s. Mom would come back to St. Louis frequently to see Great Grandma Ellis. Grandma and Grandpa
Frank Gotch was famous for defeating George Hackenschmidt, ο παλαιστής παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής και αρσιβαρίστας 1908 and the 1911 rematch. Gotch κράτησε τον τίτλο για πέντε χρόνια και νίκησε όλους τους ελθόντες. Κατά τη σχετικά νεαρή ηλικία του 35, Gotch αποφάσισε να αποσυρθεί. Για τον τελευταίο αγώνα του, he would take on another famous European wrestler and weightlifter, George Lurich. George Lurich
Τον Νοέμβριο του 13, 1930, Roland V. West released The Bat Whispers (1930), the talkie version of his silent classic, Η νυχτερίδα (1926). The film follows faithfully the script of the original. Ωστόσο, West is able to experiment with film techniques like tracking shots, still a novelty in early sound cinema. Editing still dominated as the continuity and story moving technique.
Around 10 am on Thursday, Απρίλιος 10, 1919, five heavily armed men burst into the Baden Bank. The bandits confronted M.W. Muntzel, the cashier, and demanded access to the vault. They rounded up the four other employees as Muntzel led the group to the vault. The robbers wore colored bandanas to obscure their features. While two of the five men
Την Παρασκευή, Μάιος 12, 1905, World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion George Hackenschmidt toured the United States after defeating reigning American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion Tom Jenkins. One of Hackenschmidt’s stops was the “Gateway to the West”, St. Louis, Μιζούρι. Hackenschmidt agreed to throw three wrestlers in under 90 πρακτικά. He accomplished this feat in less than 19 minutes after the third wrestler