Historiador de esportes de combate e artista marcial
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) é a entrada definitiva em “B” série de filmes. RKO Pictures levou a série ao longo da Republic Pictures, que lançou as séries Dick Tracy originais no final de 1930 e início dos anos 1940. RKO Pictures lançou o filme aos cinemas em setembro 26, 1947. RKO brought Boris Karloff in to play Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
Na terça-feira, Julho 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 anos a partir de 1890
Quando Twentieth Century-Fox decidiu abandonar a série Charlie Chan após Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney Toler comprou os direitos para a série e levou-a para Monogram Pictures. Depois de fazer 11 filmes Twentieth Century-Fox, Toler faria 11 Filmes Charlie Chan com 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 foi provavelmente o pior ano da vida de Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman. Ele perdeu tanto a sua 10 meses filha de Ida May Zimmerman e sua segunda esposa Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Antes da morte de Parker, no Cabo Giraurdeau Tornado de 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. I can only imagine how hard 1909
When I started martial arts in my mid-twenties, I thought my skill level would always continue to improve even as I aged. Since I regularly lifted weights, performed cardio and stretched, I thought I could battle Father Time to a draw. Like so many combat athletes before me, I discovered Father Time beats us all. Quer queiramos enfrentar
Em novembro 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 children. O St. A Arquidiocese de Louis dedicou a igreja
O Torneio Internacional de Wrestling ocorreu em duas fases, entre maio 19, 1915 e Dezembro 31, 1915. Cinqüenta wrestlers iria competir na primeira fase do torneio, incluindo o Campeão do Mundo Greco-romana Aleksander “Alex” Aberg. A segunda parcela tinha 40 lutadores, incluindo para cima e próximos estrela Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. O
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. Depois de ameaçar vários
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. Não está claro se as ações de Charles Sanders atraíram a atenção de Printz, ou Printz acabou de encontrar Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz foi até Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. Quando