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The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) ni utohozi wa mojawapo ya riwaya za Ellery Queen. Two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, who wrote a number of detective novels under the pseudonym of the title character. Katika filamu hii, Ellery Queen is taking a vacation to California with his friend Judge Macklin. Bila shaka, wao si muda mrefu katika wao
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
Akiwa maarufu kwa kupigana na John L. Sullivan katika pambano la mwisho la tuzo la ubingwa wa dunia lililoshindaniwa chini ya sheria za gongo, Jake Kilrain pia alishiriki katika mapambano mengi ya glavu. Mapambano ya zawadi yalikuwa yakibadilika kutoka kwa sheria za kifundo kimoja hadi kwenye mapambano ya glavu chini ya Marquess of Queensberry Rules. (mapema amateur na mtaalamu ndondi) mwishoni mwa Karne ya 19. Kama Sullivan, Kilrain angepigana katika meja
Katika 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 mara Greco-Roman Wrestling Bingwa wa Ufaransa katika miaka ya 1890. Yeye alishinda mashindano katika Folies-Bergeres kabla ya kushinda mashindano katika Urusi katika 1898. Ushindi huu ulimruhusu kutwaa Ubingwa wa Mieleka wa Dunia wa Greco-Roman. Pons mtaji juu notoriety hivyo kwa kufungua mazoezi ya kutoa mafunzo kwa wrestlers na watu wenye nguvu. Pons’ ushindi ulikuwa wa ajabu hasa kwa sababu ya
In 1934, Charles Arthur “Mvulana mrembo” Floyd alimaliza kazi yake ya jinai katika Liverpool ya Mashariki, Shamba la mahindi la Ohio baada ya kupigwa risasi na maajenti wa FBI na maafisa wa kutekeleza sheria. Hata hivyo, mnamo Desemba 1925, alikuwa namba ya mahabusu 29078 katika Gereza la Missouri. The 21-year-old Floyd had just been convicted of robbing the Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company main office
Mnamo Oktoba 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, ambayo iliua
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 (affiliate kiungo) 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