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Март 4, 1922, F.W. Мурнау објавен Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu беше адаптација на романот Дракула Мурнау преку Брам Стокер. Мурнау запоставени за купување на правата за филмот приказната од имот Стокер, кој речиси доведе до овој филм се изгубени за филм гледачите. Вдовицата Стокер успешно тужеше Мурнау и германскиот филм компанија која произведува филм. На
Џорџ Колинс, the second bank robber involved in the Union, MO bank robbery on December 26, 1902, се обиде да избега од Свети. Луис затвор во јануари 1904. Покрај работата со другите затвореници за правење на дупка во ѕидот на затвор, тој, исто така, наредени со затворски чувари да имаат пили шверцувани во него. 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
Сакав да пишувам за еден од моите омилени филмови, Скерлетна Pimpernel (1935). Тоа е адаптација на романот со исто име, напишани од страна на бароницата Orczy. Филмот (Филијалата линк) concerns an English peer, кои ризикува својот живот со заштеда на француските аристократи од гилотина. The story is complicated by the fact the peer is married to
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. Сент. 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
Од јануари 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 надвор од 10 ѕвезди. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning of the
Јулиј “Чичко Жил” Johannpeter was born in St. Чарлс, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Чичко Жил” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Ли имаше предизвик да го воспитува својот двегодишен син Гилберт како сингл
On September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation released Sergeant York (1941). Филмот (Филијалата линк) 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. Од јануари
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.