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Cape Bí ẩn Tây Ban Nha (1935) is an adaptation of one of the Ellery Queen novels. Hai anh em họ, Frederic Dannay và Manfred Lee, người đã viết một số tiểu thuyết trinh thám dưới bút danh của nhân vật chính. Trong bộ phim này, Ellery Queen được tham gia một kỳ nghỉ đến California với người bạn của mình Thẩm phán Macklin. Tất nhiên, they are not long into their
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) là một trong năm bộ phim Sherlock Holmes diễn viên Arthur Wontner như Sherlock Holmes. Giám đốc Leslie S. Hiscott chuyển thể cuốn tiểu thuyết Sherlock Holmes The Valley of Fear nhưng thêm vào những câu chuyện để cung cấp cho Giáo sư Moriarty và Col. Vai trò Sebastian Moran trong câu chuyện. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling of
While famous for fighting John L. Sullivan in the last world championship prizefight contested under bare knuckle rules, Jake Kilrain also took part in many gloved bouts. Prizefighting was transitioning from bare knuckle rules to gloved bouts under the Marquess of Queensberry Rules (early amateur and professional boxing) in the late 19th Century. Like Sullivan, Kilrain would fight in major
Trong tháng 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 là Wrestling vô địch Hy Lạp-La Mã của Pháp trong những năm 1890. Ông đã giành một giải đấu ở Folies-Bergeres trước khi chiến thắng một giải đấu tại Nga trong 1898. These victories allowed him to claim the World Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship. Pons có mức vốn trên tai tiếng này bằng cách mở một phòng tập thể dục để đào tạo đô vật và những người đàn ông mạnh mẽ. Pons’ victory was particularly remarkable because of
Trong 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. Tuy nhiên, 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
Vào ngày 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, which killed
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 (liên kết liên kết) 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