Uang Berbahaya (1946)

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Uang Berbahaya (1946) adalah kedua terakhir Charlie Chan film yang dibintangi Sidney Toler dari Gambar Monogram. Setelah kematian Sidney Toler ini, Roland Winters akan mengambil alih peran untuk sembilan film lainnya. Film ini (affiliate link) allows us to appreciate Toler’s portrayal of Inspector Chan for close to the last time. This film was the tenth for Monogram and his

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Cracksmen Caught at Eugene Field House

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Pada hari Sabtu, Maret 12, 1904, St. Louis Detective James J. Moran led a team of detectives to a room in a row house at 634 South Broadway on St. Louis’ Near South Side. Frank Ward, a suspected safe cracker, rented a room in the row house. Besides Ward, the detectives arrested Edward Seely and John Shumway. Moran and the detectives

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Hart’s Face Beats Up Johnson’s Fist

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On a March night in San Francisco, heavyweight contender Marvin Hart proved pure aggressiveness could sometimes win a decision. After 20 rounds of boxing, referee Greggains, the only judge, awarded the decision over the great Jack Johnson to Hart. Hart met Johnson on March 28, 1905. Johnson entered the ring as the betting favorite. Dia juga masuk sebagai salah satu

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Perampok Membantu Menangkap Pembunuh

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H. H. Holmes was America’s first known serial killer in the modern definition of the word. Holmes operated “the Murder Castle”, a Chicago hotel during the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Holmes would eventually be convicted of sixteen murders but may have murdered more than 100 people during his operation of the hotel. What is less well known is that St.

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The Gorilla (1939)

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The Gorilla (1939) adalah sebuah film komedi-misteri “B” film (affiliate link) starring the Ritz Brothers, Joseph Calleia, Bela Lugosi dan Lionell Atwill. Film ini diproduksi oleh Twentieth-Century Fox sebelum mereka berhenti membuat “B” film, the first film on a double bill. The Ritz Brothers aktif antara 1925 dan tahun 1960, ketika Al Ritz kakak tertua meninggal. Itu

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Amateur Sleuth Catches Dynamitards

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Sunday morning, Agustus 12, 1900, St. Louis Police arrested four former Transit Line streetcar workers for blowing up the Olive Street line on Maryland Avenue between N. Taylor and N. Euclid Avenues on the previous night at 11:00 p.m. Police arrested Maurice Brennan, Fred E. Northway, James Schwartz and James Finnesey. Police found 30 pounds of dynamite and 30 feet

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The Woman in Green (1945)

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The Woman in Green (1945) is the ninth of twelve Sherlock Holmes (affiliate link) produced by Universal Pictures. Basil Rathbone returns as Holmes in the eleventh of fourteen turns as the English sleuth. The film is one of the few “B” series films, which could have been an “A” film. Sherlock Holmes investigates the murder of several young London women.

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The Bat (1926)

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Roland V. West bought the rights and directed The Bat (1926) (affiliate link), one of the first “old dark house” mysteries for United Artist in 1926. Arthur Edeson was the cinematographer for both this film and The Old Dark House (1932), which share similar Expressionist elements. Both films are set in large mansions, which have seen better days. The key

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