Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)

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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

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Shadows Over Chinatown (1946)

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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

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Stecher Beats Cutler for American Title

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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

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1909 – Ein schlechtes Jahr für Parker Zimmerman

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1909 war wahrscheinlich das schlechteste Jahr der Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman Leben. Er verlor seine beiden 10 Monate alten Tochter Ida May Zimmerman und seine zweite Frau Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Vor Parkers Tod in der Cape Giraurdeau Tornado von 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909

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St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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On November 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 Kinder. Die St. Die Erzdiözese Louis weihte die Kirche ein

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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Die International Wrestling Turnier verlief in zwei Phasen zwischen Mai 19, 1915 und Dezember 31, 1915. Fünfzig Wrestler würde in der ersten Phase des Turniers, darunter Weltmeister griechisch-römischen Aleksander konkurrieren “Alex” Aberg. Die zweite Rate hatte 40 Ringer einschließlich aufstrebende Star Ed “Würger” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Die

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Behind the Mask (1946)

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Monogram Pictures released Behind the Mask (1946), the second of three films based on the popular Shadow radio program, on May 25, 1946. “B” Film leading actor Kane Richmond returns as Lamont Cranston, the alter ego of the mysterious Shadow. The film begins by following the activities a blackmailing newspaper reporter Jeff Mann, played by James Cardwell. After threatening several

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Krimineller erschießt Beamten Printz

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On the evening of June 1, 1879, St. Louis Police Officer Charles Printz was walking his beat near 505 Marion Street on St. Louis’ South Side. Es ist nicht klar, ob die Aktionen von Charles Sanders die Aufmerksamkeit von Printz erregten, oder Printz ist gerade über Sanders gestolpert. Whatever the circumstances, Printz ging auf Sanders zu, who had a revolver in his right hand. Wann

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