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На март 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau released Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Мурнау пропусна да закупи правата да заснемат историята от имоти Стокър, което почти доведе до този филм се губи за да снима зрители. Вдовица Стокър успешно предявен иск Мурнау и германската филмова компания, която произвежда едноименния филм. The
George Collins, вторият банков крадец, участващи в Съюза, MO банков обир на декември 26, 1902, се опитали да избягат от Св. Louis затвора през януари 1904. Освен работата си с другите затворници, за да направим една дупка в стената на затвора, Той също така аранжирани с надзирател да са пили контрабандни му. Collins intended to use
Arthur Wontner is arguably the best film portrayer of Sherlock Holmes. His fifth and final outing as Holmes in Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). The film was released in the United Kingdom in 1937 but was not released in America until January 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
Исках да пиша за един от любимите ми филми, The Scarlet пламък (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, написана от баронеса Orczy. The film (филиал на връзката) се отнася до английски връстник, who risks his life by saving French aristocrats from the guillotine. Историята се усложнява от факта, че връстникът е женен
На 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. Св. 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
На 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 stars. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning of the
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 “Завет” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Лий имаше предизвикателството да отгледа двегодишния си син Гилбърт като сама
На September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (филиал на връзката) разказва историята на сержант Алвин С. York, a reluctant World War I hero from the small town of Pall Mall, Tennessee. Western film veteran Gary Cooper stars as Sergeant York. Филмът започва с контраста между неделна църковна служба и
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police отдел. 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. На January
During the Gilded Age and for several decades after, <Педя bbox_x = "925" bbox_y = "1878" bbox_w = "13" bbox_h = "19" fsize = "13" fweight = "3" червено = "255" зелен = "255" синьо = "255" алфа = ". 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. На September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.