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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Tough to Handle (1937)

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Minor film company Conn Pictures Company released Tough to Handle (1937) on May 24, 1937. Director S. Roy Luby pairs “B” film stars Kane Richmond and Frankie Darro in this story of phony lottery tickets. Grandpa Sanford believe he won the lottery. Grandpa will be able to use the money to improve the circumstances of his grandchildren, Mike, spelas av

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Den röda nejlikan (1935)

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Jag ville skriva om en av mina favoritfilmer, Den röda nejlikan (1935). It is an adaptation of the novel by the same name, skriven av Catherine Orczy. The film (affiliate länk) gäller en engelsk kamrat, som riskerar sitt liv genom att spara franska aristokrater från giljotinen. Berättelsen kompliceras av det faktum att jämnåriga är gift med

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Julius Johannpeter (1875-1961)

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Julius “Uncle Jules” Johannpeter was born in St. Charles, MO on March 5, 1875 to recent German immigrants Frederick William Johannpeter and Johanna Johannpeter nee Grieve. “Uncle Jules” was seven years older than his sister Caroline Leah “Lee” Johannpeter, my great grandmother. When Lee’s husband William Ellis died in 1917, Lee hade utmaningen att uppfostra sin tvåårige son Gilbert som singel

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William Muldoon Förbereder att bli mästare

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I 1880, William Muldoon skulle bli världsheavyweight Wrestling mästare i grekisk-romersk stil efter att ha besegrat Thiebaud Bauer, den regerande mästaren. Innan han skulle utföra denna bedrift, Muldoon fick betala sina avgifter och förbereda sig för titeln lutning med Bauer. I 1876, Muldoon uppmärksammades av förre nakna mästare knogen PROFFSBOXNING värld John Morrissey. Morrissey was a former

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Pursuit to Algiers (1945)

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In one of the last films in the series, British authorites recruit Sherlock Holmes to protect the young heir to a European throne. Universal Pictures released Pursuit to Algiers (1945) oktober 26, 1945. Basil Rathbone returns for the twelfth of fourteen times as Sherlock Holmes. Nigel Bruce again plays his assistant Dr. John Watson. As the film begins, Sherlock

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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. Louis Metropolitan Police Department. 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. På Januari

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Herr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

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

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