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The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Charlie Chan hemlighet (1936) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values are better
I have spent a lot of time studying different rank systems. The rank system seems to be a modern concept started by Dr. Jigaro Kano, an educator, who wanted a system of grading to separate students. Over the next century, numerous styles adopted the belt rank system but the only commonality was the belt systems meant what the creator decided
På torsdag, Juni 12, 1919, Earl Hunter and Charles Bergman, en parolee och före detta straffånge, höll upp Meramec Trust Company strax efter det öppnade på 07:00 a.m. The robbery was not well planned and even more poorly executed. Hörnet av Virginia Avenue och Meramec Street var en av de mest trafikerade gata bilen block i staden. The robbers had
One of the things that always impressed me about the Gracies is how they were able to turn out generation after generation of top-notch instructors. After reading a number of articles about their original belt system, etc., I started to adapt some of their methods with our own students. Once the student reaches Green Belt, we allow them to start
Medan du gör forskning, Jag hittade denna bild på Manassa Mauler utbildning för sin 4 juli, 1919 titel kamp med Jess Willard, World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard var en jätte av en man vid 6’06” och 235 pounds. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Emellertid,
Min farfars far Parker var offer för en av de största naturkatastroferna att slå Cape Girardeau, MO, den 1949 tornado. Den drabbade staden på lördag, Maj 21, 1949 vid 06:54 p.m. Genom 7:00 p.m., Parker Zimmerman var död vid 74 år. I always found my great grandfather interesting because he led such a varied life
While watching the Facebook Prelims for UFC 161, I observed a trend that happens often in mixed martial arts competition. One of the competitors would get a dominant position but would sacrifice it to chase a submission. He caught the other competitor in close to ten submissions but the other man escaped all ten and one a close split decision.
A number of the old Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes movies have recently become available on DVDs and streaming. The Universal series, is well done for a “B” filmserie. This film would have warmed the audience up for the main feature like Double Indemnity (1944). In the The Scarlet Claw (1944), Sherlock Holmes, played by Rathbone, is in Quebec,
William Dillon reagerade till rapporter om mordet på Officer McKenna av Lewis Brothers. Dillon trodde att Lewis Brothers, som var auto och tråd tjuvar, var ansvariga för McKenna död. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. He observed two of the Lewis brothers enter the garage in the Ford. Dillon entered the garage
Före fredag, April 7, 1916 var över, Lewis bröderna skulle döda två St. Louis poliser, John McKenna och William Dillon. McKenna var först att falla, när han avbröt bröderna försöker stjäla tråd, a valuable commodity during World War I. Dillon skulle dödas undersöka McKenna mord. McKenna was assigned to look for the wire thieves,