Combat Sports Historian at Martial Artist
The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935) ay adaptasyon ng isa sa mga nobelang Ellery Queen. Two cousins, Frederic Dannay and Manfred Lee, who wrote a number of detective novels under the pseudonym of the title character. Sa ganitong film, Ellery Queen is taking a vacation to California with his friend Judge Macklin. Oo naman, hindi sila matagal sa kanilang
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
Habang sikat para aaway John L. Sullivan sa nakaraang world championship prizefight contested sa ilalim ng hubad patakaran buko, Jake Kilrain din kinuha bahagi sa maraming mga gloved bouts. Paglaban para sa pera ay transitioning mula sa hubad na mga patakaran knuckle sa gloved bouts sa ilalim ng Marquess of Queensberry Panuntunan (unang bahagi ng amateur at professional boxing) sa huling bahagi ng ika-19 Siglo. tulad Sullivan, Kilrain nais lumaban sa mga pangunahing
Noong Enero 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 ay ang Greco-Roman Wrestling Champion ng Pransya sa 1890s. Nanalo siya ng isang paligsahan sa Folies-Bergeres bago nanalong isang paligsahan sa Russia sa 1898. Ang mga tagumpay na ito ay nagpahintulot sa kanya na angkinin ang World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons sa malaking titik sa pagiging sikat na ito sa pamamagitan ng pagbubukas ng gym sa tren wrestlers at malakas na lalaki. Pons’ ang tagumpay ay partikular na kapansin-pansin dahil sa
Sa 1934, Charles Arthur “Magandang lalaki” Floyd natapos ang kanyang kriminal na karera sa isang East Liverpool, Ohio mais field matapos ang isang shoot out sa FBI ahente at mga lokal na pagpapatupad ng batas opisyales. Gayunman, sa Disyembre 1925, siya ay bilanggo number 29078 sa Missouri Penitentiary. Ang 21-taong-gulang na si Floyd ay nahatulan lamang ng pagnanakaw sa pangunahing tanggapan ng Kroeger Grocery and Baking Company
Noong Oktubre 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, na pumatay
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. Inilabas ng Paramount Pictures ang Appointment with Danger (affiliate link) in London in 1950 ngunit hindi ito inilabas sa 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