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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జనవరి న 10, 1927, Universum Film (UFA) released Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927) (affiliate link). 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 నక్షత్రాలు. It is #104 on the Top 250. In a theme society has wrestled with since the beginning

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Boss Butler and the St. Louis Machine

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When it comes to machine politics and organized crime, Kansas City has always outshone St. లూయిస్. Kansas City’s Pendergast political machine helped land Harry S. Truman in the White House. Kansas City was also home to several high-profile gangland shootings. సెయింట్. లూయిస్’ last organized crime leader was arrested for playing cards. 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, నాలుగో నెల 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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కానరీ మర్డర్ కేస్ లో లూయిస్ బ్రూక్స్ (1929)

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కానరీ మర్డర్ కేస్ (1929) నిజానికి ఒక నిశ్శబ్ద చిత్రం గా చిత్రీకరించారు. However, పారామౌంట్ స్టూడియో ఎగ్జిక్యూటివ్ అది ఒక మాట్లాడుతూ చిత్రం గా మంచిదని భావించారు. వారు చిత్రం ధ్వనిని జోడించే జరిగేంతవరకు స్టూడియో విడుదల ఆలస్యం. ధ్వని అదనంగా దాని సవాళ్లు సాగలేదు. అనుకోకుండా, చిత్రం యొక్క ప్రధాన నటులలో, Louise Brooks, had

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Detective Desmond Catches Eddie Guerin

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Before he was the “Sherlock Holmes of St. లూయిస్”, సెయింట్. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond was Detective “Billy” Desmond. One of the most talented detectives in St. లూయిస్ పోలీసు చరిత్ర, 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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సెయింట్. Louis Police Nab Wild Bunch Members

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మంగళవారం, నవంబర్ 5, 1901, సెయింట్. లూయిస్ పోలీస్ జూలై మోంటానా లో గ్రేట్ ఉత్తర రైలు దోపిడీ తమ పాత్ర బెన్ కిల్పాట్రిక్ మరియు లారా బులియన్ స్వాధీనం 2, 1901. Before the case was settled, కిల్పాట్రిక్ సాధిస్తాయో 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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లారా (1944): A Dark Tale of Love

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లారా (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, జీన్ తీర్నే పోషించాడు, 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, నాలుగో నెల 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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