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Posts about the history of St. Louis, Missouri, family history, classic film, and miscellaneous history.
På mars 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau Tillstånd Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu var Murnau s anpassning av Dracula roman av Bram Stoker. Murnau försummat att köpa rättigheterna att filma berättelsen från Stoker dödsbo, vilket nästan ledde till denna film går förlorad för att filma tittare. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture. Den
George Collins, the second bank robber involved in the Union, MO bank robbery on December 26, 1902, attempted to escape the St. Louis Jail in January 1904. Besides working with the other prisoners on making a hole in the wall of the jail, 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
Jag ville skriva om en av mina favoritfilmer, Den röda nejlikan (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, skriven av Catherine Orczy. The film (affiliate länk) gäller en engelsk kamrat, som riskerar sitt liv genom att spara franska aristokrater från giljotinen. Berättelsen kompliceras av det faktum att jämnåriga är gift med
På 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. The 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
På Januari 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. I ett tema som samhället har brottats med sedan början av
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 “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee hade utmaningen att uppfostra sin tvåårige son Gilbert som singel
På September 27, 1941, Warner Brothers Film Corporation släppt Sergeant York (1941). The film (affiliate länk) berättar historien om 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. Filmen börjar med kontrasten mellan en söndagsgudstjänst och den
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. På Januari
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. På September 21, 1901, hotel employees overpowered a sneak thief, who attempted to burglarize a room in the plush Southern Hotel.