Tough to Handle (1937)

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Minor film company Conn Pictures Company released Tough to Handle (1937) on May 24, 1937. Director S. Roy Luby pairs “B” film stars Kane Richmond and Frankie Darro in this story of phony lottery tickets. Grandpa Sanford believe he won the lottery. Grandpa will be able to use the money to improve the circumstances of his grandchildren, Mike, παίζεται από

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Ghost of the Old Castle

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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. Το 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

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Η Scarlet Pimpernel (1935)

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Ήθελα να γράψω για μια από τις αγαπημένες μου ταινίες, Η Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, γραμμένο από βαρόνη Orczy. Η ταινία (affiliate link) αφορά έναν Άγγλο συνομήλικο, who risks his life by saving French aristocrats from the guillotine. Η ιστορία περιπλέκεται από το γεγονός ότι ο συνομήλικος είναι παντρεμένος

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Ιούλιος “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Κάρολος, 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, Η Lee είχε την πρόκληση να μεγαλώσει τον δίχρονο γιο της Gilbert ως single

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Can You Bullet Proof Self-Defense?

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A question I’m often asked during classes and seminars is “Can I become invincible by learning self-defense?” The short answer is “Δεν” but they are asking the wrong questions. Better questions would be: “What can I do to make myself a less desirable target?” “How can I get in better shape to successfully repel an attack?” “What techniques should

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Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

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In one of the last films in the series, British authorites recruit Sherlock Holmes to protect the young heir to a European throne. Universal Pictures released Pursuit to Algiers (1945) on October 26, 1945. Basil Rathbone returns for the twelfth of fourteen times as Sherlock Holmes. Nigel Bruce again plays his assistant Dr. John Watson. As the film begins, Σέρλοκ

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Detective Desmond Gets His Men

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Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Μητροπολιτική Αστυνομία. 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. Τον Ιανουάριο

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Ο κ.. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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Τον Ιούλιο 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Κίνηση “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Ο κ.. Το Moto Takes a Vacation βρίσκει τον Mr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Ο κ.. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, προτίθεται

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Hotel Sneak Thief Captured

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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.

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Are Forms Important for Martial Arts?

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Ο θρυλικός Bruce Lee έγραψε ένα άρθρο για το περιοδικό Black Belt πριν από πολλά χρόνια, το οποίο αμφισβήτησε την αποτελεσματικότητα και την αποτελεσματικότητα του kata, μορφές ή εκπαίδευση μοτίβο. Από τη δημοσίευση αυτού του άρθρου, πολλές άλλες πολεμικές καλλιτέχνες έχουν αρχίσει να αμφισβητούν ή να αμφισβητήσει την ανάγκη για εκπαίδευση μορφές. Επειδή είμαι αφιερωμένο στη διδασκαλία αυτοάμυνας, θα νομίζεις ότι εγώ

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