Theodore Roosevelt Wins 6 States in 1912

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After Theodore Roosevelt won reelection in his own right during November 1904, TR impetuously announced he would not run for another term. His inner circle, particularly his wife Edith, would think the decision a mistake. However, once Theodore Roosevelt made a pronouncement, he intended to keep his word. Roosevelt picked his Secretary of War and former Governor of the Phillipines

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Metropolis (1927)

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წლის 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (შვილობილი ლინკები). 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. თემაში, რომელსაც საზოგადოება თავიდანვე ებრძოდა

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Boss Butler და წმინდა. Louis აპარატი

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როდესაც საქმე მანქანა პოლიტიკისა და ორგანიზებული დანაშაული, Kansas City ყოველთვის outshone St. Louis. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City ასევე სახლში რამდენიმე გახმაურებული gangland სროლები. წმინდა. Louis’ ბოლო ორგანიზებული დანაშაულის ლიდერი დააკავეს სათამაშო ბარათები. We did have a Democratic party political machine around

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Morris Packing Co. Robbers Caught

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21-year old Charles Merrell had already served a term in the Missouri Penitentiary for stealing a car in Scotland County, when he got the idea to hold up the Morris Packing Company on Saturday, აპრილი 22, 1922. Merrell could not pull the job by himself, so he recruited another ex-convict, 33-year-old Hugh Pinkley. Merrell was employed as a mechanic at

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Louise Brooks კანარის მკვლელობის საქმე (1929)

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The Canary Murder Case (1929) was originally shot as a silent film. However, the Paramount Studio executive thought it would be better as a talking picture. The studio delayed the release until they could add sound to the film. The addition of sound was not without its challenges. სამწუხაროდ,, one of the main stars of the film, Louise Brooks, ჰქონდა

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Detective Desmond Catches Eddie Guerin

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Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. Louis”, წმინდა. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. ლუი პოლიციის ისტორია, Desmond met one of the most famous international criminals in history, Eddie Guerin, in the mid-1880s. Guerin robbed the American Express Office in Paris in the early 1900s. French

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The Fat Man (1950)

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Since the beginning of commercial film making, production companies are always looking for new content. Film companies have always used popular books as a source of content and inspiration. Since the 1950s, popular television shows provided film adaptations and inspiration. In the early days of talking films, popular radio shows led to many film adaptations. Lum and Abner, Jack Benny,

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წმინდა. Louis Police Nab Wild Bunch Members

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სამშაბათი, ნოემბერი 5, 1901, წმინდა. ლუი პოლიციის ტყვედ Ben Kilpatrick და Laura ბუილონის მათი მონაწილეობა დიდი ჩრდილოეთ მატარებელი ქურდობისთვის Montana ივლისს 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, Kilpatrick იქნებოდა 10 years and Laura Bullion would serve three and a half years in the Missouri Penitentiary but it would take several weeks for

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ლორა (1944): A Dark Tale of Love

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ლორა (1944) is the story of an ambitious young woman pulled into the middle of a murder investigation by both amorous suitors and jealous women. Laura Hunt, წარმოჩენას Gene Tierney, is an advertising executive about to marry a shiftless seducer, Shelby Carpenter, portrayed by Vincent Price. To complicate matters, her aunt Anne Treadwell is in love with the seducer

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1922 Morris Packing Company Robbery

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On the morning of Saturday, აპრილი 22, 1922, a green Paige automobile pulled up in front of the Morris Packing Company at 3000 S. Broadway. One man emerged, looked around and waived for his companion to exit the back seat. After hesitating for a few seconds, the other man exited as the automobile crawled down the busy street. The time

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