The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945)

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Warner Baxter returns for a fourth time as Dr. Robert Ordway in The Crime Doctor’s Courage (1945). The newly married third wife of Gordon Carson asks Dr. Ordway to look into his first two wives’ mysterious deaths. Authorities declared both cases to be accidents. Kathleen Carson, played by Hillary Brooke, has begun to doubt the official verdict. Dr. Ordway arrives

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Juve versus Fantomas (1913)

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Juve vs. Fantomas (1913) is Louis Feuillade’s second film adaptation of the popular crime series by Marcell Allain and Pierre Souvestre. Rene Navarre plays the role of Fantomas and his many aliases. Edmund Breon portrays Inspector Juve. George Melchior plays the role of Jerome Fandor, a young journalist, who assists Juve in his investigations of Fantomas. Juve and Fandor are

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Two Ruffians Beat Officer

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På torsdag, September 9, 1875, George “Mitchell” Gassert and William Salisbury went to Fred Fisher’s Saloon at the corner of N. Jefferson and Morgan (Delmar today). After ordering drinks, the two young men of unsavory reputation refused to pay for their drinks. Efter at have forsøgt at ulovlig betaling, Fisher summoned St. Louis Police Officer John Cummings. Officer Cummings, tildelt til

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John L. Sullivan arresteret

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På tirsdag, November 18, 1884, World Heavyweight Bare-Knuckle Prizefighting Champion John L. Sullivan kæmpede mod Al Greenfield ved Madison Square Garden i New York City. Sullivan havde brug for at overvinde mere end blot sin modstander i denne kamp. Mændene indvilligede oprindeligt i at kæmpe mandag, November 17, 1884, men myndighederne i New York truede mændene med anholdelse. Det skænderi med

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Did Muldoon Duck McMahon?

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På marts 22, 1881, Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon met Collar-and-Elbow World Champion John McMahon at the Terrace Garden in New York City. Muldoon and McMahon met in a best-two-out-of-three-falls match. The first fall was conducted by Greco-Roman rules. The second fall would be contested using collar-and-elbow rules. Det sidste efterår ville blive afgjort via hvad The New York

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