Storiku tal-Isport tal-Ġlieda u Artist Marzjali
The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) huwa adattament ta’ wieħed mir-rumanzi ta’ Ellery Queen. Two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, who wrote a number of detective novels under the pseudonym of the title character. F'dan il-film, Ellery Queen is taking a vacation to California with his friend Judge Macklin. Of course, ma humiex fit-tul tagħhom
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
Filwaqt li huwa famuż għall-ġlieda kontra John L. Sullivan fl-aħħar prizefight tal-kampjonat tad-dinja kkontesta taħt ir-regoli tal-għaksa vojta, Jake Kilrain ħa sehem ukoll f’ħafna attakki bl-ingwanti. Il-ġlied tal-premjijiet kien qed jgħaddi minn regoli tal-għaksa vojta għal combats bl-ingwanti taħt ir-Regoli tal-Markiz ta' Queensberry (boxing dilettanti u professjonali kmieni) fl-aħħar tas-Seklu 19. Bħal Sullivan, Kilrain kien jiġġieled fil-maġġuri
In January 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 kien Champion Wrestling Greco-Roman ta 'Franza fl-1890s. Hu rebaħ kampjonat fil-Folies-Bergeres qabel rebbieħa tournament fir-Russja 1898. Dawn ir-rebħiet ippermettewlu jikseb il-Kampjonat Dinji tal-Lotta Greko-Rumana. Pons kapitalizzat fuq dan notoriety, billi fetħet ġinnasju li wrestlers ferrovija u l-irġiel qawwija. Pons’ ir-reb[a kienet partikolarment notevoli min[abba
Fil 1934, Kuntatt “Kuntatt” Kuntatt, Kuntatt. Madankollu, Kuntatt 1925, Kuntatt 29078 Kuntatt. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office
Ottubru 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, li qatel
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 affiljat) 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