Historiador de deportes de combate e artista marcial
O Misterio do Cabo Español (1935) é unha adaptación dunha das novelas de Ellery Queen. Dous primos, Frederic Dannay e Manfred Le, que escribiu unha serie de novelas policiais baixo o pseudónimo do personaxe-título. Nesta película, Ellery Queen é tirar unhas vacacións para a California co seu amigo Xuíz Macklin. Por suposto, non levan moito tempo
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
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) é un dos cinco películas de Sherlock Holmes, estrelado por Arthur Wontner como Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adaptou a novela Sherlock Holmes The Valley of Fear, pero engadiu á historia para dar Profesor Moriarty e Col. Papeis Sebastian Moran na historia. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of
Aínda que é famoso por loitar contra John L. Sullivan na última loita de premios do campionato do mundo disputada baixo as regras de nudillos, Jake Kilrain tamén participou en moitos combates con luvas. Prizefighting foi a transición das regras de nudillo nu a combates con luvas baixo as regras do Marqués de Queensberry (primeiros boxeo afeccionado e profesional) a finais do século XIX. Como Sullivan, Kilrain loitaría en maior
En xaneiro de 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Estrangulador” 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.
Paul Pons foi o campión de wrestling greco-romano de Francia na década de 1890. El venceu un torneo no Folies Bergere, antes de gañar un torneo en Rusia 1898. Estas vitorias permitiulle acadar o Campionato Mundial de Loita Grecorromana. Pons capitalizou esta notoriedade a través da apertura dunha academia para loitadores de tren e homes fortes. Pons’ a vitoria foi especialmente notable por mor de
En 1934, Charles Arthur “Neno guapo” Floyd rematou a súa carreira criminal nun Liverpool Leste, Ohio campo de millo tras un tiroteo con axentes do FBI e policías locais. Porén, en decembro 1925, el era o número preso 29078 no Missouri Penitenciaria. The 21-year-old Floyd acabara de ser condenado por roubar a oficina principal Kroeger Grocery e Baking Company
En outubro 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, que matou
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 lanzou Appointment with Danger (enlace de afiliado) in London in 1950 pero non o lanzou nos Estados Unidos
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