Storico degli sport da combattimento e artista marziale
Sherlock Holmes di fronte alla morte (1943) è liberamente ispirato L'avventura del Musgrave Ritual. Il racconto è stato pubblicato su The Strand Magazine nel mese di maggio 1893. E 'stato poi compilato in Le memorie di Sherlock Holmes. Nella storia, il Musgrave Mansion ha tenuto un segreto che anche i suoi abitanti non sapeva. This film follows the same plot line
Pochi eventi scioccarono St. Louis apprezza la morte in servizio del tenente. Sidney Sears a giugno 1924. Per quasi 30 anni, Lt. Sears era considerato il miglior colpo di pistola del St. Dipartimento di Polizia di Louis. In 1904, Sears è stato anche campione nazionale di pistola degli Stati Uniti. Che qualcuno uccida il tenente. Sears in una sparatoria era considerato impossibile.
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) protagonista
Dominant champions like William Muldoon often had to accept handicap conditions to get fans interested in watching them wrestle. Dal momento che i fan consideravano Clarence Whistler solo abbastanza abile da minacciare davvero il suo regno, Muldoon would often generate interest by either performing feats of strength or taking on the challenge of handicap conditions. In maggio 5, 1885, Muldoon met Matsuda Sorokichi, che
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
Il Martedì, Luglio 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 è stato probabilmente l'anno peggiore della vita di Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman. Ha perso entrambi i suoi dieci mesi figlia Ida May Zimmerman e la sua seconda moglie Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Prima della morte di Parker nel Capo Giraurdeau Tornado di 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909