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Sherlock Holmes Lica Smrt (1943) je labavo temelji se na avanturu u Musgrave ritualu. Kratka priča je objavljena u Strand Magazine tijekom svibnja 1893. Kasnije je sastavio u memoarima Sherlocka Holmesa. U priči, Musgrave Mansion održan je tajna da je čak i to stanovnici nisu znali. This film follows the same plot line
Malo je događaja šokiralo sv. Louis poput smrti na dužnosti por. Sidney Sears u lipnju 1924. Gotovo 30 godina, Lt. Sears se smatrao najboljim pucačem iz pištolja na St. Odjel Louis policije. U 1904, Sears je također bio nacionalni prvak Sjedinjenih Država u gađanju pištoljem. Da netko ubije por. Searsa u raspucavanju smatralo se nemogućim.
Kate Chopin, daughter of a prominent French family and at the time local author, collapsed at the St. Louis 1904 World’s Fair on August 20, 1904. Madame Chopin was only 54 years old and suffered a brain hemorrhage or aneurism. She died at her home on McPherson Avenue on August 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) koji glumi
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Budući da su navijači samo Clarencea Whistlera smatrali dovoljno vještim da stvarno zaprijeti njegovoj vladavini, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. Svibnja 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, koji
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) is the final entry in “B” film series. RKO Pictures took the series over from Republic Pictures, who released the original Dick Tracy serials in the late 1930s and early 1940s. RKO Pictures released the film to theaters on September 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
U utorak, Srpanj 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. Za 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 je vjerojatno najgora godina Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman života. On je ostao bez deset mjeseci staru kćer Ida May Zimmerman i svoju drugu suprugu Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Prije Parkera smrti u Cape Giraurdeau tornado 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. Mogu samo zamisliti kako je teško 1909