Storiku tal-Isport tal-Ġlieda u Artist Marzjali
Arthur Wontner huwa probabbilment l-portrayer aqwa film tal Sherlock Holmes. Ħames u finali harga tiegħu bħala Holmes fil Qtil fuq il-Baskervilles (1937). Il-film kien rilaxxat fl-Renju Unit fl 1937 imma ma kienx rilaxxat fl-Amerika sa Jannar 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,
I riedu jiktbu dwar wieħed mill-films favoriti tiegħi, Il-Pimpernel Scarlet (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, miktuba minn Baroness Orczy. The film (link affiljat) concerns an English peer, who risks his life by saving French aristocrats from the guillotine. The story is complicated by the fact the peer is married to
Dwar Settembru 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. Il 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
Fuq Jannar 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 stilla. It is #104 on the Top 250. F'tema s-soċjetà ġġieldet magħha mill-bidu tal-
Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncle 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 kellha l-isfida li trabbi lil binha Gilbert ta’ sentejn bħala waħda waħda
Dwar Settembru 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (link affiljat) jirrakkonta l-istorja tas-Surġent 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. Il-film jibda bil-kuntrast ta’ servizz fil-knisja tal-Ħadd u l-
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Dipartiment tal-Pulizija. 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. Fuq Jannar
Fuq Lulju 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Mozzjoni “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation isib lil 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, biħsiebu
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. Dwar Settembru 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.