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An Spáinnis Rinn Mystery (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Dhá Cousins, Frederic Dannay agus Manfred Lee, a scríobh roinnt úrscéalta bleachtaireachta faoin ainm cleite an carachtar teideal. Sa scannán seo, Ellery Banríona cur ar laethanta saoire go California lena chara Breitheamh Macklin. Of course, they are not long into their
In December 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
An bua de Sherlock Holmes (1935) is one of the five Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adapted the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear but added to the story to give Professor Moriarty and Col. Sebastian Moran roles in the story. Cuid shuntasach den scannán is ea athinsint
Cé go raibh cáil air as troid John L. Bhí Sullivan sa chraobhchomórtas domhanda dheireanach san iomaíocht faoi rialacha lom sníomh, Ghlac Jake Kilrain páirt freisin i go leor babhtaí lámhainní. Bhí comhrac na nduaiseanna ag aistriú ó rialacha lom sníomh go babhtaí lámhainní faoi Rialacha Mharcais Queensberry (dornálaíocht amaitéarach agus ghairmiúil go luath) go déanach sa 19ú hAois. Cosúil le Sullivan, Bheadh Cillrain ag troid i mór
I mí Eanáir 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Strangler” Lewis was a better wrestler than the late Frank Gotch. Santel trained with both Gotch and Lewis, so he did have an insider’s knowledge. Was he right though? Gotch was the last Undisputed World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Gotch won the title by defeating the great Georg Hackenschmidt.
Bhí Paul Pons an Champion Wrestling Greco-Roman na Fraince sna 1890í. Bhuaigh sé tournament ag an Folies-Bergeres sula bhuaigh comórtas sa Rúis i 1898. Thug na buaicí seo deis dó Craobhchomórtais Wrestling Greco-Rómhánach an Domhain a éileamh. Pons caipitlithe ar an notoriety ag oscailt seomra aclaíochta a wrestlers traenach agus fir láidir. Pons’ bhí bua thar cuimse go háirithe mar gheall ar
In 1934, Charles Artúr “Buachaill Pretty” Chuir Floyd deireadh lena ghairm bheatha choiriúil i Learpholl Thoir, Réimse arbhar Ohio tar éis lámhaigh amach le gníomhairí FBI agus oifigigh forfheidhmithe dlí áitiúla. Mar sin féin, i mí na Nollag 1925, bhí sé ina líon príosúnach 29078 ag an Missouri Penitentiary. Ciontaíodh Floyd, 21 bliain d'aois, as príomhoifig Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company a robáil.
Ar Deireadh Fómhair 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, a mharaigh
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 scaoileadh Ceapachán le Contúirt (nasc affiliate) in London in 1950 ach níor scaoil sé san Aontaithe é
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