The Thirteenth Guest (1932)

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The Thirteenth Guest (1932) is the film version of an Armitage Trail story. Monogram Pictures released the early “B” фільм (affiliate link) starring Ginger Rogers and Lyle Talbot. Ginger Rogers was only 21 at the time but would go on to great stardom as Fred Astaire’s most regular dance partner. Lyle Talbot made a living through most of the late

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Фрыске Цягнік Рабаўнікі Апынуўшыся

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On September 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. Луіс. At the Cheltenham stop, Frisco brakeman Sam Robertson and former brakeman Muncie Ray also boarded. The men boarded the train with the intent of robbing the train at Sandy Cut, two miles east of Pacific, Місуры. When the train got close

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Шчаслівы 21 Дзень нараджэння, Дзяўчынка

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My daughter Caity is 21 years old this week. It is a bittersweet birthday because my baby girl isn’t my baby girl anymore. I am so proud of the young woman she has become but as she grew up I regretted not being able to pick her up, wipe her tears and make the “small hurts” go away. Caity came

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Эван “Душыцель” Люіс Даступныя

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I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: Большасць баяліся таго, Рестлер 19-га стагоддзя. Эван Люіс быў кваліфікаваны спецыяліст прадастаўленню пры законнай прафесійнай эры барацьбы, хоць ён прыняць удзел у пару умоўны матчаў. У студзені 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to

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Трыюмф Шэрлака Холмса (1935)

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Трыюмф Шэрлака Холмса (1935) (affiliate link) з'яўляецца адным з пяці Шэрлак Холмс фільмаў у галоўнай ролі Артур Вонтнер Шэрлак Холмс. Дырэктар Леслі S. Hiscott адаптавалі Шэрлак Холмс раман Даліна страху, але дадаў, гісторыі, каб даць прафесара Марыярці і Col. Ролі Себасцьян Моран ў гісторыі. Значная частка фільма пераказ

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Prizefighters Meet in Liverpool Pub

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For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, when they stopped in at a

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Галоўны Дэсманд NABS штаны

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William Desmond nabbed many thieves during his 17 year career as St. Louis Chief of Detectives. He developed a nationwide reputation as “The Thief Taker”. У панядзелак, Кастрычнік 15, 1900, Chief Desmond nabbed the pants of a thief but not the thief himself. Jonas Washington entered the yard of Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets

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Сэм Маквей ў вялікай правай рукой

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Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows

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Officer and Deputy Confront Violent Man

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Жнівень 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty discovered Willis Garner burglarizing the office of Schickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Company at 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. Луіс, Місуры. The iron company employed Garner, who threw a hammer at Doherty’s head. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his

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Toughest Saloon on Deep Morgan

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Кастрычнік 6, 1890, local barbers Luther Duncan and Bob Henderson stepped out on to N. 11th Street to settle a quarrel. This area of St. Louis was known as “Deep Morgan”. “Deep Morgan” was home to bordello, flop houses and the toughest African-Americans saloon in the city, Starkes’ Saloon. Both Duncan and Henderson were black barbers, who worked in

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