Dressed to Kill (1946)

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Dressed to Kill (1946) is the fourteenth and final Sherlock Holmes film (link di affiliazione) 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 era il premio dei pesi massimi campione di combattimento di transizione. 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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In marzo 16, 1945, Universal Pictures released The House of Fear (1945), the eighth of twelve Sherlock Holmes films (link di affiliazione) 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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Giulio “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 “Sottovento” 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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St. Louis Polizia Prendere Indiana Escapee

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St. Louis capo della polizia di Detectives William Desmond ha fatto molti criminali difficili parlano sopra la sua carriera. John Huey, un assassino Indiana, Non è stato uno di questi casi. Huey ha parlato liberamente con Desmond sul suo passato criminale. Huey fuggito da Indiana dopo aver scontato 13 anni per un omicidio in 1874. John Huey venne a Lione, Indiana in 1874 as a 22-year-old.

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