Gevegsporthistorikus en gevegskunstenaar
Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Op Maart 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau vrygestel Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu was Murnau se aanpassing van die Dracula roman deur Bram Stoker. Murnau verwaarloos die regte aan te koop om die storie te film van Stoker se boedel, wat byna gelei het tot hierdie film verlore kykers na die film. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture. Die
George Collins, die tweede bank rower betrokke in die Unie, MO bank roof op Desember 26, 1902, probeer om die St om te ontsnap. Louis tronk in Januarie 1904. Behalwe die werk met die ander gevangenes op die maak van 'n gat in die muur van die tronk, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
Arthur Wontner is waarskynlik die beste film portrayer van Sherlock Holmes. Sy vyfde en laaste uitstappie as Holmes in Moord by die Baskervilles (1937). Die rolprent is vrygestel in die Verenigde Koninkryk in 1937 maar is nie in Amerika vrygestel tot Januarie 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
Ek wou oor een van my gunsteling films te skryf, Die Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). Dit is 'n aanpassing van die roman met dieselfde naam, geskryf deur Barones Orczy. The film (Koste skakel) gaan oor 'n Engelse eweknie, wat sy lewe risiko's deur die redding van die Franse aristokrate van die guillotine. Die storie word gekompliseer deur die feit waarmee die portuur getroud is
Op 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. Die 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
Januarie 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 sterre. It is #104 on the Top 250. In 'n tema wat die samelewing sedert die begin van die geworstel het
Julius “Oom Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Oom 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 het die uitdaging gehad om haar tweejarige seun Gilbert as 'n enkellopende groot te maak
Op September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (Koste skakel) tells the story of Sergeant 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. The film begins with the contrast of a Sunday church service and the
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. Januarie
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. Op September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.