Topper Returns (1941)

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Op Maart 21, 1941, United Artists released the third Topper film (Koste skakel), Topper Returns (1941). Roland Young plays Cosmo Topper, a middle aged businessman with the unique gift of seeing ghosts stuck in this world. This film is set in a large country home. The film begins with Gail Richards, played by Joan Blondell, and Ann Carrington, gespeel deur

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Mysterious Mr. Motion (1938)

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Op Oktober 14, 1938, 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation released the fifth of eight Mr. Moto Films starring Peter Lorre as Interpol Policeman Kentaro Moto. In Mysterious Mr. Motion (1938), Mnr. Moto infiltrates a prison and helps a prisoner escape to discover the plans of his criminal organization. Mnr. Moto breaks international criminal Paul Brissac, played by Leon Ames, out of

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Wrestler Saves Drowning Priest

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George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. Louis’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. Augustus 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.

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Ekspressionisme en Nosferatu (1922)

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Op Maart 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau vrygestel Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (affilaite link) was Murnau’s adaptation of the Dracula novel by Bram Stoker. Murnau verwaarloos die regte aan te koop om die storie te film van Stoker se boedel, wat byna gelei het tot hierdie film verlore kykers na die film. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture.

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British Intelligence (1940)

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Januarie 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). The film (Koste skakel) is set in Britain during World War I. Released almost two years before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the film showed that Hollywood and probably most of the countries sympathies were with Britain and the Allies.

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Heenan Loses to King in Last Bout

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John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “die Benicia Boy”. Despite an 0-1-1 record as a professional fighter, Heenan claimed the World Prizefighting Championship based on a draw with Tom Sayer in an 1860 English prize-fight. Heenan’s first professional fight had been with the reigning World Heavyweight Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey’s last professional fight

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