Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Sherlock Holmes gesigte dood (1943) is losweg gebaseer op die avontuur van die Musgrave rituele. Die kortverhaal is gedurende Mei in die Strand Magazine gepubliseer 1893. Dit is later in Die Memoirs van Sherlock Holmes saamgestel. In the story, the Musgrave Mansion held a secret that even it’s inhabitants did not know. This film follows the same plot line
Few events shocked St. Louis like the line of duty death of Lt. Sidney Sears in June 1924. For almost 30 jaar, Lt. Sears was considered the best pistol shot on the St. Louis Police Department. In 1904, Sears was also National Pistol Champion of the United States. For someone to kill Lt. Sears in a shootout was considered impossible.
Kate Chopin, dogter van 'n prominente Franse familie en in die tyd plaaslike skrywer, duie gestort het op die St. Louis 1904 World's Fair Augustus 20, 1904. Madame Chopin was net 54 jaar oud en het 'n brein bloeding of aneurisme. Sy het gesterf in haar huis op McPherson Avenue Augustus 22, 1904. Kate Chopin was born Kate O’Flaherty in St.
I’ve been on an Alan Ladd kick lately. When I was still in college, I watched a number of Alan Ladd films one summer. I’ve been watching them over again the last few weeks on Amazon Prime. I’ll share some of these films over the next few months. The first film I watched was Thunder in the East (1951) starring
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Aangesien aanhangers net Clarence Whistler as vaardig genoeg beskou het om sy bewind werklik te bedreig, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Op Mei 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, wat
Dick Tracy Meets Grusame (1947) is die finale inskrywing in “B” film-reeks. RKO Pictures het die reeks oor van Republiek Pictures, wat die oorspronklike Dick Tracy tydskrifte vrygestel in die laat 1930's en vroeë 1940's. RKO Pictures vrygestel van die film te teaters op September 26, 1947. RKO gebring Boris Karloff in Grusame te speel, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
Op Dinsdag, Julie 4, 1916, former St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond passed away after an illness of two years. Desmond was in Alexian Brothers Hospital from October 1915 until his death on Independence Day 1916. The 59-year-old Desmond left a 12-year-old son, William Desmond, Jr. Chief Desmond’s wife died several years before him. For 17 years from 1890
When Twentieth Century-Fox decided to drop the Charlie Chan series after Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney Toler purchased the rights to the series and took it to Monogram Pictures. After making 11 films with Twentieth Century-Fox, Toler would make 11 Charlie Chan films with Monogram Pictures. Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) was the ninth film that Toler made for Monogram
When Frank Gotch retired as World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion after beating Georg Lurich in his last match, promoters scrambled to find a successor. Samuel Rachmann tried to put forth his own champion by hosting the 1915 International Wrestling Tournament in New York City. Rachmann wanted his challenger Aberg to win the tournament and be recognized by the public as the
1909 was waarskynlik die ergste jaar van Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman se lewe. Hy verloor beide sy tien maande oue dogter Ida Mei Zimmerman en sy tweede vrou Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Voor Parker se dood in die Kaap Giraurdeau Tornado van 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909