Ιστορικός Μάχης και Πολεμικός Καλλιτέχνης
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/b7uzv9/Episode_30abul2.mp3Podcast: Παίξτε σε νέο παράθυρο | DownloadIn this episode, we discuss the Dick Shikat double-cross
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Rarely does one fundamentally alter their profession but Stanislaus Zbyszko did just that on April
Tom Hyer won the American Bare Knuckle Prizefighting Championship in 1841. Like most prizefighting champions
Τον Μάρτιο του 21, 1941, United Artists released the third Topper film (affiliate link), 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, παίζεται από
Eduard Mosblech is my maternal great-grandfather. Eduard was born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 24, 1884, to German immigrants Gustave Mosblech and Bertha Mosblech nee Monse. Often written as Edward but pronounced like putting together aid and ward, Eduard was as unique as his name. I struggled with writing much about him because the stories I heard about him
Τον Οκτώβριο του 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. Κίνηση (1938), Ο κ.. Moto infiltrates a prison and helps a prisoner escape to discover the plans of his criminal organization. Ο κ.. Moto breaks international criminal Paul Brissac, played by Leon Ames, out of
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. On August 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.
Theodore Roosevelt έκανε μια μοιραία απόφαση για την ημέρα των εκλογών 1904. Ανακοίνωσε μετά την εκλογή του στην προεδρία τον δικό του δικαίωμα μετά την άνοδό της στο γραφείο μετά τη δολοφονία του William McKinley ότι δεν θα θέσει υποψηφιότητα για νέα θητεία στο 1908. Roosevelt είχε υπηρετήσει σχεδόν πλήρη θητεία πριν από την εκλογή του ως McKinley δολοφονήθηκε το Σεπτέμβριο 1901.
Την Παρασκευή, Οκτώβριος 21, 1904, one of the greatest tragedies in St. Louis Police history occurred when two train robbers and three St. Louis Police detectives died in a shootout. The gunfight occurred in a small hotel room on Pine Street. Two days later on Sunday, Οκτώβριος 23, 1904, a burglar attempted to gain entry to a realty office at
Τον Μάρτιο του 4, 1922, F.W. Murnau κυκλοφόρησε Nosferatu (1922). Nosferatu (ακονίστε τον σύνδεσμο) ήταν η προσαρμογή του Μουρνάου στο μυθιστόρημα του Δράκουλα του Μπραμ Στόκερ. Murnau αμέλησε να αγοράσει τα δικαιώματα για να κινηματογραφήσει την ιστορία από το κτήμα Στόκερ, η οποία σχεδόν οδήγησε σε αυτό το φιλμ να χαθούν στην ταινία θεατές. Stoker’s widow successfully sued Murnau and the German film company that produced the motion picture.
During April 1885, St. Louis experienced one of its most sensational murders. Two English travelers had checked into the Southern Hotel in early April 1885. C. Arthur Preller and H. Μ. Brooks, who was going by the alias of Dr. Maxwell, appeared to be very friendly. Although they had separate rooms, they often stayed in the same room together. Στο
Τον Ιανουάριο 29, 1940, First National Pictures, the Warner Brothers “B” film company, released the spy thriller British Intelligence (1940). Η ταινία (affiliate link) 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.
John Camel Heenan was known to 19th Century bare knuckle prizefighting fans as “the 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