Kampsportshistoriker og kampsportskunstner
Arthur Wontner er nok den bedste film skildrer af Sherlock Holmes. Hans femte og sidste udflugt som Holmes i Murder på Baskervilles (1937). Filmen blev udgivet i Det Forenede Kongerige i 1937 men blev ikke udgivet i Amerika indtil januar 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
In a testament to his foresight and vision, the World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon was preparing to be a fitness trainer even while at the height of his powers as a wrestler. Muldoon held the championship from 1880 until he retired in 1890. During his reign, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,
Jeg ønskede at skrive om en af mine yndlingsfilm, The Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, written by Baroness Orczy. Filmen (affiliate link) vedrører en engelsk jævnaldrende, der risikerer sit liv ved at gemme franske aristokrater fra guillotinen. Historien kompliceres af det faktum, at den jævnaldrende er gift med
On September 5, 1984, I walked through the doors of Grover Cleveland High School for the first time. I attended St. Louis’ most popular magnet school at the time, Kennard NJROTC Academy. The St. Louis School Board decided to move the program to “The Castle on Grand”. Cleveland High School would graduate many St. Louis children on St. Louis’ South
Den January 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927). The German film company produced a science fiction class, which still holds up today. On the Internet Movie Database website (IMDB), users rate it 8.3 out of 10 stjerner. It is #104 on the Top 250. I et tema samfundet har kæmpet med siden begyndelsen af
Julius “Onkel Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Onkel Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single
On September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). Filmen (affiliate link) fortæller historien om sergent Alvin C. York, a reluctant World War I hero from the small town of Pall Mall, Tennessee. Western film veteran Gary Cooper stars as Sergeant York. Filmen begynder med kontrasten fra en søndagsgudstjeneste og den
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. Den January
På juli 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Motion “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation finder Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Mr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, har til hensigt
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, St. Louis had the distinction of being the largest city west of the Mississippi River. Pickpockets and thieves rode the rails to ply their illicit trade in the bustling metropolis. On September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.