Dressed to Kill (1946)

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Dressed to Kill (1946) is the fourteenth and final Sherlock Holmes film (partnerský odkaz) starring Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes and Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson. Universal Pictures released the last film in the series on June 7, 1946. Once World War II ended, the series returned to non-war related crime stories. Cyril Delevanti plays a thief serving at Dartmoor

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Sullivan Wins Fight of the 19th Century

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John L. Sullivan byl přechodný těžké váze cena bojování šampion. He transitioned prize fighting from the bare knuckle era to modern boxing under the Marquis of Queensbury rules by refusing to fight in any more non-gloved bouts. Before he made this pledge, he took part in the Fight of the 19th Century with the formidable Jake Kilrain. Jake Kilrain was

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House of Fear (1945)

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Března 16, 1945, Universal Pictures released The House of Fear (1945), the eighth of twelve Sherlock Holmes films (partnerský odkaz) produced by the studio. Basil Rathbone returned as Holmes for the tenth time. Rathbone played Sherlock Holmes twice for Twentieth Century – Fox before Universal started producing the series. Despite its late entry into the series, the film stands

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Strýc Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Strýc Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Závětří” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee had the challenge of raising her two-year-old son Gilbert as a single

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