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Universal Pictures released the thirteenth 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 filmek. 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 protect the
Ad Santel entered professional wrestling a generation too late. By the time he started wrestling in the 1910s, professional wrestling transitioned from contests to prearranged exhibitions. Santel possessed strong submission skills, which would have allowed him to beat most of the wrestlers in legitimate wrestling contests. Santel did take part in several legitimate contests with Japanese jujitsu practitioners. Használta
Május 20, 1947, Ralph Byrd returned to the Dick Tracy franchise in Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (1947). It was welcome news for fans of the franchise although Chester Gould was a notable exception. Gould created the Tracy character for the comic page of the Detroit Mirror. After the Chicago Tribune picked up the comic for syndication, it’s popularity exploded. Gould
Augusztus 17, 1891, St. Louis Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick celebrated his 85th birthday and fifty years as head of the St. Louis Catholic Church. -Ben 1841, Kenrick was appointed as Coadjutor Bishop of St. Louis. When St. Louis Bishop Joseph Rosati died in Rome during 1843, Bishop Kenrick was appointed Bishop of the St. Louis Diocese. -Ben 1847, a
In late 1909, Szaniszló Zbyszko utazott az Egyesült Államokba, hogy kihívást World Heavyweight Champion Wrestling Frank Gotch. Előtt eleget Gotch, Zbyszko turnézott az Egyesült Államokban, és küzdött számos helyi birkózók egész korai szakaszában 1910. Zbyszko utazna 37,000 mérföld. Korai turnéjának, Zbyszko találkozott Frank Gotch egy handicap meccs. Zbyszko legyőzte Gotch, who was
My second great-grandfather August H. Elker was born in Hanover, Germany on May 22, 1848 in the year of revolutions in Europe. Whether related to the revolutions or not, August’s family travelled to America in 1854. After landing in New York City, the Elker family made its way to St. Louis, Missouri. St. Louis had a large German Catholic community, ami
Oliver Leonard Kirk a különbséget, hogy az egyetlen olimpiai ökölvívó nyerni aranyérmet két külön súlycsoportban ugyanabban olimpián. Oliver Kirk megvalósította ezt bravúr az ő szülővárosában olimpián 1904. St. Louis adott otthont a harmadik Olimpia alatt 1904 Világkiállításon kiállítás. Like the Paris Games four years before, St. Louis gave
Arthur Wontner is arguably the best film portrayer of Sherlock Holmes. His fifth and final outing as Holmes in Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). The film was released in the United Kingdom in 1937 but was not released in America until January 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
Csütörtökön, Január 27, 1904, Tom Jenkins megvédte amerikai birkózóbajnokságát egy feltörekvő iowai birkózó ellen. After the first fall, a szurkolók rájöttek, hogy ez volt a Frank Alvin Gotch legnehezebb meccse, the Humboldt, Iowa farm boy who would defeat Georg Hackenschmidt for the World Heavyweight Championship in 1908, was Jenkins’ challenger. Jenkins legyőzte Gotchékat
After several months of wrangling, Clarence Whistler met Duncan C. Ross on Monday, November 7, 1881 in a best three-out-of-five falls match. Two falls were to be conducted in catch-as-catch-can wrestling, which both men were considered adept at. Two falls were to be conducted in collar-and-elbow wrestling, which was a Ross speciality. The final fall would be conducted in Greco-Roman