Assassinat en els Baskerville (1937)

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Arthur Wontner és possiblement el millor retratista pel·lícula de Sherlock Holmes. His fifth and final outing as Holmes in Murder at the Baskervilles (1937). La pel·lícula es va estrenar al Regne Unit a 1937 però no va ser llançat a Estats Units fins al gener 15, 1941. Wontner was excellent as usual but Murder at the Baskervilles is the weakest offering in the

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William Muldoon Promotes Health System

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In a testament to his foresight and vision, the World Wrestling Champion William Muldoon was preparing to be a fitness trainer even while at the height of his powers as a wrestler. Muldoon held the championship from 1880 until he retired in 1890. During his reign, he often gave exhibitions to attract attention to his way of training. The Saturday,

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La pimpinella escarlata (1935)

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Jo volia escriure sobre una de les meves pel · lícules favorites, La pimpinella escarlata (1935). És una adaptació de la novel·la del mateix nom, escrit per la baronessa Orczy. The film (affiliate link) es refereix a un company anglès, que arrisca la seva vida per salvar aristòcrates francesos de la guillotina. La història es complica pel fet que el company està casat

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Oncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Oncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Sotavento” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee va tenir el repte de criar el seu fill Gilbert, de dos anys, com a solter

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Detective Desmond Gets His Men

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Before he became St. Louis Chief of Detectives in 1890, William Desmond plied his trade as a Detective with the St. Departament de Policia de Louis Metropolità. During February 1890, Detective Desmond’s persistent efforts to locate two confidence men paid off with the arrest of both men. “Kinch” Keegan and “Thatch” Grady were brother-in-laws and accomplices in several confidence games. Al gener

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Sr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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Al juliol 7, 1939, Twentieth Century-Fox Films released the final Mr. Moviment “B” film starring Peter Lorre as Inspector Kentaro Moto. Sr. Moto Takes a Vacation troba al Sr. Moto accompanying the Queen of Sheba’s Crown from its discovery in an Egyptian archaeological site to a San Francisco museum. Sr. Moto suspects the arch criminal Metaxess, who authorities believed was dead, pretén

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