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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Al març de 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau Nosferatu alliberat (1922). Nosferatu de Murnau va ser l'adaptació de la novel · la Dràcula de Bram Stoker. Murnau es va oblidar de comprar els drets per filmar la història de l'herència de Stoker, que gairebé va portar a aquesta pel · lícula que es va perdre per filmar espectadors. La vídua de Stoker va demandar amb èxit a Murnau i la companyia cinematogràfica alemanya que va produir la pel · lícula. La
George Collins, el segon atracador de bancs que participen en la Unió, MO atracament a un banc al desembre 26, 1902, intentat escapar del St. Louis presó al gener 1904. A més de treballar amb els altres presos a fer un forat a la paret de la presó, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. Collins intended to use
Arthur Wontner és possiblement el millor retratista pel·lícula de Sherlock Holmes. His fifth and final outing as Holmes in Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). La pel·lícula es va estrenar al Regne Unit a 1937 però no va ser llançat a Estats Units fins al gener 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the
Jo volia escriure sobre una de les meves pel · lícules favorites, La pimpinella escarlata (1935). És una adaptació de la novel·la del mateix nom, escrit per la baronessa Orczy. The film (affiliate link) es refereix a un company anglès, que arrisca la seva vida per salvar aristòcrates francesos de la guillotina. La història es complica pel fet que el company està casat
Al setembre 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. El 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
Al gener 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 “Oncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Oncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Sotavento” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee va tenir el repte de criar el seu fill Gilbert, de dos anys, com a solter
Al setembre 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (affiliate link) 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. Departament de Policia de Louis Metropolità. 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. Al gener
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. Al setembre 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.