Historyk sportów walki i artysta sztuk walki
Hiszpański Cape Tajemnica (1935) jest adaptacją jednej z powieści Ellery Queen. Dwóch kuzynów, Frederic Dannay i Manfred Lee, , który napisał wiele powieści detektywistycznych pod pseudonimem tytułowego bohatera. W tym filmie, Ellery Królowa biorąc urlop do Kalifornii z przyjacielem sędzia Macklin. Of course, nie są długo w swoim
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
Choć znany z walki z Johnem L. Sullivana w ostatniej walce o mistrzostwo świata rozgrywanej na zasadach gołych pięści, Jake Kilrain również brał udział w wielu walkach w rękawiczkach. Walki o nagrody przechodziły od zasad na gołe pięści do walk w rękawiczkach zgodnie z przepisami markiza Queensberry (wczesny boks amatorski i zawodowy) pod koniec XIX wieku. Podobnie jak Sullivan, Kilrain będzie walczył w stopniu majora
In January 1921, Ad Santel started a minor controversy by claiming Ed “Dusiciel” 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 był Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion Francji w 1890. Wygrał turniej w Folies-Bergère przed wygraną w turnieju w Rosji 1898. Te zwycięstwa pozwoliły mu zdobyć mistrzostwo świata w zapasach grecko-rzymskich. Pons wykorzystał ten rozgłos poprzez otwarcie siłowni do zapaśników pociągu i silnych mężczyzn. Pons’ zwycięstwo było szczególnie niezwykłe z powodu
W 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. Jednak, 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
Październik 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, który zabił
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 wypuściło „Spotkanie z niebezpieczeństwem”. (związek partnerski) in London in 1950 ale nie wydał go w Stanach Zjednoczonych
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