Cīņas sporta vēsturnieks un cīņas mākslinieks
Spānijas Cape Mystery (1935) ir adaptācija vienam no Ellery Queen romāniem. Divi brālēni, Frederic Dannay un Manfred Lee, kurš uzrakstīja vairākas detektīvu romānu ar pseidonīmu nosaukuma raksturs. Šajā filmā, Ellery karaliene ir ņemot brīvdienas uz Kaliforniju ar savu draugu tiesnesis Macklin. Protams, viņi nav ilgi savā
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) 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. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of
Būdams slavens ar cīņu pret Džonu L. Salivans pēdējā pasaules čempionāta cīņā par godalgoto vietu, kas norisinājās pēc kailām dūres noteikumiem, Arī Džeiks Kilreins piedalījās daudzās cimdu cīņās. Cīņas par godalgotajām vietām bija pāreja no noteikumiem par kailām dūres uz cimdu cīņām saskaņā ar Kvīnsberijas marķīzes noteikumiem (agrīnais amatieru un profesionālais bokss) 19. gadsimta beigās. Tāpat kā Salivans, Kilreins cīnītos majorā
Janvārī 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.
Paul Pons bija grieķu-romiešu cīņa čempions Francijas 1890. Viņš uzvarēja turnīrā pie Folies-Bergeres pirms uzvarēt turnīrā Krievijā 1898. Šīs uzvaras viņam ļāva pretendēt uz pasaules grieķu-romiešu cīņas čempionātu. Pons kapitalizētas uz šo slavu, atverot sporta zāli, lai vilcienu cīkstoņi un spēcīgi vīrieši. Pons’ uzvara bija īpaši ievērojama, jo
Uz 1934, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd ended his criminal career in an East Liverpool, Ohio corn field after a shoot out with FBI agents and local law enforcement officers. Tomēr, in December 1925, he was inmate number 29078 at the Missouri Penitentiary. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office
Oktobrī 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, kas nogalināja
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. Kinostudija Paramount Pictures publicēja programmu Appointment with Danger (filiāli saite) Londonā 1950 bet neizlaida to Apvienotajā Karalistē
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