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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
Na ožujka 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau released Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau zanemario kupnju prava na film priču iz Stoker imanja, što je gotovo dovelo do ovog filma se izgubio na film gledatelja. Stoker je udovica uspješno tužio Murnau i njemačka filmska tvrtka koja proizvodi Picture Motion. The
George Collins, Drugi pljačkaš banaka koji su uključeni u Uniji, MO pljačke banke na dan 26, 1902, pokušao pobjeći st. Louis zatvor u siječnju 1904. Osim rada s ostalim zatvorenicima na izradu rupu u zidu zatvora, he also arranged with a prison guard to have saws smuggled to him. 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
Htio sam pisati o jednom od mojih omiljenih filmova, Scarlet Pimpernel (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, napisao barunica Orczy. The film (affiliate link) tiče engleskog vršnjaka, who risks his life by saving French aristocrats from the guillotine. Priču komplicira činjenica da je vršnjakinja u braku
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. 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
Siječnja 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 zvjezdica. It is #104 on the Top 250. U temi s kojom se društvo bori od početka
Julius “Ujak Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Ujak Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Zavjetrina” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee je imala izazov odgajati svog dvogodišnjeg sina Gilberta kao samac
On September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). The film (affiliate link) priča priču o naredniku Alvinu 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. Film počinje kontrastom nedjeljne crkvene službe i
Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Odjel Louis Metropolitan policije. 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. Siječnja
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.