Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)

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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) er den siste oppføringen i “B” film serie. RKO Pictures tok serier over fra Republic Pictures, som lanserte den originale Dick Tracy serier på slutten av 1930-tallet og begynnelsen av 1940-tallet. RKO Pictures sluppet filmen på kino på 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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Når Twentieth Century-Fox bestemte seg for å droppe Charlie Chan serien etter Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney Toler kjøpt rettighetene til serien og tok det til Monogram Pictures. Etter å ha gjort 11 filmer med Twentieth Century-Fox, Toler ville gjøre 11 Charlie Chan filmer med 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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St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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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 og Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. The St. Louis erkebispedømmet viet kirken

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1915 New York Wrestling Tournament

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Den internasjonale Wrestling Tournament skjedde i to faser mellom mai 19, 1915 og desember 31, 1915. Femti brytere ville konkurrere i den første fasen av turneringen, inkludert Verdens gresk-romersk Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. Den andre utgaven hadde 40 brytere inkludert opp og kommende stjerne Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Den

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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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