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Sepanyol Cape Misteri (1935) adalah adaptasi daripada salah satu novel Ellery Queen. Dua sepupu, Frederic Dannay dan Manfred Lee, yang menulis beberapa novel detektif di bawah nama samaran watak tajuk. Dalam filem ini, Ellery Queen mengambil bercuti ke California dengan rakannya Hakim Macklin. Sudah tentu, mereka tidak lama ke dalam mereka
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
Walaupun terkenal kerana melawan John L. Sullivan dalam pertarungan hadiah kejohanan dunia terakhir bertanding di bawah peraturan buku jari kosong, Jake Kilrain juga mengambil bahagian dalam banyak pertarungan bersarung tangan. Pertarungan hadiah telah beralih daripada peraturan buku jari kosong kepada pertarungan bersarung di bawah Peraturan Marquess of Queensberry (tinju amatur dan profesional awal) pada akhir abad ke-19. Seperti Sullivan, Kilrain akan bertarung dalam major
Pada bulan Januari 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 merupakan Juara Gusti Greco-Roman Perancis di tahun 1890-an. Beliau memenangi kejohanan pada Folies-Bergeres sebelum memenangi kejohanan di Rusia pada 1898. Kemenangan ini membolehkannya untuk menuntut Kejohanan Gusti Greco-Roman Dunia. Pons kesempatan terkenal ini dengan membuka gym untuk gusti kereta api dan orang yang kuat. Pons’ kemenangan amat luar biasa kerana
Dalam 1934, Charles Arthur “Budak Cantik” Floyd menamatkan kerjaya jenayahnya di Liverpool Timur, Ladang jagung Ohio selepas berbalas tembak dengan ejen FBI dan pegawai penguatkuasa undang-undang tempatan. Walau bagaimanapun, pada bulan Disember 1925, dia nombor banduan 29078 di Penjara Missouri. Floyd yang berusia 21 tahun baru sahaja disabitkan kesalahan merompak pejabat utama Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company
Pada bulan Oktober 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, yang membunuh
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 (link affiliate) 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