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Španski Cape Mystery (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Dva bratranca, Frederic Dannay in Manfred Lee, ki je napisal številne detektivske romane pod psevdonimom naslovne značaja. V tem filmu, Ellery Queen je ob počitnice v Kalifornijo s prijateljem sodnik Macklin. Seveda, they are not long into their
V decembru 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
Triumf Sherlocka Holmesa (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. Velik del filma je predelava
Čeprav je znan po boju proti Johnu L. Sullivan v zadnji borbi za nagrado svetovnega prvenstva, ki je potekala po pravilih golih prstov, Jake Kilrain je sodeloval tudi v številnih dvobojih v rokavicah. Prizefighting je prešel iz pravil z golimi členki na dvoboje v rokavicah po pravilih markiza Queensberryja (zgodnji amaterski in profesionalni boks) v poznem 19. stoletju. Kot Sullivan, Kilrain bi se boril v majorju
V januarju 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 je grško-rimske rokoborbe prvak Francije v 1890. Je osvojil turnir v Folies-Bergeres pred zmago na turnirju v Rusiji 1898. Te zmage so mu omogočile naslov svetovnega prvaka v grško-rimskem rokoborbi. Pons kapitalizirane na ta slava z odprtjem telovadnico trenirati rokoborcev in močne moške. Pons’ zmaga je bila še posebej izjemna zaradi
V 1934, Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd končal svojo kriminalno kariero v East Liverpool, Ohio koruzno polje po ustreli ven z agenti FBI in lokalni policisti. Vendar, v decembru 1925, je bil zapornik številka 29078 na Missouri kaznilnici. 21-year-old Floyd je bil pravkar obsojen zaradi ropanja glavno pisarno Kroeger Živila in peko Company
Oktobra 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, ki je ubil
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 je izdal Sestanek z nevarnostjo (podružnica povezava) in London in 1950 vendar ga ni izdal v Združenih državah
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