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La hispana Kaba Mistero (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Du kuzoj, Frederic Dannay kaj Manfred Lee, Kiu skribis nombron de detektivaj romanoj sub la pseŭdonimo de la titola karaktero. En #?i tiu filmo, Ellery Reĝino estas prenanta ferion al Kalifornio kun lia amika Juĝisto Macklin. Nature, they are not long into their
En decembro 1920, robbers killed Patrolman Charles Daly at the entrance to his home in the 4000 block of Forest Park Boulevard. St. Louis Police aggressively investigated the murder but it was never solved. Prior to his death, the Daly name was already well-known in St. Louis. Charles Daly was the son of professional prizefighter Dan Daly, who fought in
La Triumfo de Sherlock Holmes (1935) Estas unu el la kvin Sherlock Holmes filmas #?efroli Arthur Wontner kiel Sherlock Holmes. Direktoro Leslie S. Hiscott adaptis la Sherlock Holmes romano La Valo de Timo sed aldonis la rakonton doni Profesoron Moriarty kaj Col. Sebastian Moran roloj en la rakonto. Signifa parto de la filmo estas la rerakonto de
While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major
En januaro 1921, Ad Santel komenciĝis negrava disputo asertante Ed “Strangler” Lewis estis pli bona luchador de la forpasinta Frank Gotch. Santel trejnitaj kun ambaŭ Gotch kaj Lewis, do li ja havis internulo scio. Ĉu li pravas kvankam? Gotch estis la lasta Indiscutido World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch gajnis la titolon venkante la granda Georg Hackenschmidt.
Paul Pons estis la Greco-Roma Luktada #?ampiono de Francio en la 1890aj jaroj. Li gajnis turniron #?e la Folies-Bergeres #anta? gajnanta turniron en Rusio je 1898. Ĉi tiuj venkoj permesis al li postuli la Mondan Greka-Roman-Luktadon-Ĉampionecon. Pons kapitaligita sur ĉi tiu fifameco de malfermanta gimnastikejon trejni luktistojn kaj fortajn virojn. Pons’ venko estis precipe rimarkinda pro
Je 1934, Karlo Arturo “Bela knabo” Floyd finis sian krima kariero en Orienta Liverpool, Ohio maizo kampo post pafi kun agentoj de la FBI kaj lokaj policaj oficiroj. Tamen, en decembro 1925, li estis malliberigito nombro 29078 ĉe la Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office
Sur oktobra 16, 1920, Special Officers Preston Anslyn and William A. Moller were following two burglars in the 3800 block of Juanita Avenue during a heavy fog. One or both burglars shot the officers from a gangway as they walked onto the lawn of a house, where they thought the burglars entered. The officers both suffered fatal wounds, which killed
I’m continuing with watching some old Alan Ladd movies that I first saw thirty years ago on American Movie Classics (AMC), when they showed classic movies. I recently watched Appointment with Danger (1950), which was as entertaining as I remembered it. Paramount Pictures released Appointment with Danger (Filia ligo) in London in 1950 but didn’t release it in the United
Running a pawn shop has always been a tough business because you constantly have to be on the look out for thieves attempting to pawn their stolen goods in your shop. In the late 19th Century, police detectives worked with pawn shops, as they do today, to try to stop the fencing of goods. In August 1885, future St. Louis