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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) är den sista posten i “B” filmserie. RKO Pictures tog serien över från Republic Pictures, som släppte den ursprungliga Dick Tracy följetonger i slutet av 1930-talet och början av 1940-talet. RKO Pictures släppt filmen till teatrar på September 26, 1947. RKO tog Boris Karloff in för att spela Gruesome, one of Dick Tracy’s arch
På tisdag, Juli 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
När Twentieth Century-Fox beslutat att släppa Charlie Chan serien efter Castle in the Desert (1942), Sidney Toler köpt rättigheterna till serien och tog den till Bilder Monogram. Efter att 11 filmer med Twentieth Century-Fox, Toler skulle göra 11 Charlie Chan filmer med Monogram Pictures. Skuggor över China (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 var förmodligen det värsta året för Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman liv. Han förlorade både sin tio månader gamla dotter Ida May Zimmerman och hans andra hustru Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Innan Parkers död i Cape Giraurdeau Tornado av 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. Whether we want to face
På 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 children. The St. Louis ärkestift invigde kyrkan
Den internationella Wrestling Tournament skedde i två etapper mellan maj 19, 1915 och december 31, 1915. Femtio brottare skulle tävla i den första fasen av turneringen, inklusive Världs grekisk-romerska Champion Aleksander “Alex” Åberg. Den andra delen hade 40 brottare inklusive upp och kommande stjärnan Ed “Strangler” Lewis, who joined a month into the tournament on November 22, 1915. Den
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
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. Det är inte klart om Charles Sanders handlingar väckte Printz uppmärksamhet, eller Printz snubblade precis över Sanders. Whatever the circumstances, Printz gick fram till Sanders, who had a revolver in his right hand. När