Corsair (1931)

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Roland V. West directed fourteen films in his career. Critics consider three of his films to be excellent. West directed the silent thriller The Bat in 1926. West directed his most acclaimed film, Alibi (1929), which resulted in an Oscar nomination for his friend Chester Morris. У 1930, West and Morris again collaborated on his last classic, The Bat Шэпт,

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Фрыске Цягнік Рабаўнікі Апынуўшыся

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On September 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. Луіс. At the Cheltenham stop, Frisco brakeman Sam Robertson and former brakeman Muncie Ray also boarded. The men boarded the train with the intent of robbing the train at Sandy Cut, two miles east of Pacific, Місуры. When the train got close

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Шчаслівы 21 Дзень нараджэння, Дзяўчынка

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My daughter Caity is 21 years old this week. It is a bittersweet birthday because my baby girl isn’t my baby girl anymore. I am so proud of the young woman she has become but as she grew up I regretted not being able to pick her up, wipe her tears and make the “small hurts” go away. Caity came

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Эван “Душыцель” Люіс Даступныя

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I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: Большасць баяліся таго, Рестлер 19-га стагоддзя. Эван Люіс быў кваліфікаваны спецыяліст прадастаўленню пры законнай прафесійнай эры барацьбы, хоць ён прыняць удзел у пару умоўны матчаў. У студзені 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to

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Трыюмф Шэрлака Холмса (1935)

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Трыюмф Шэрлака Холмса (1935) (affiliate link) з'яўляецца адным з пяці Шэрлак Холмс фільмаў у галоўнай ролі Артур Вонтнер Шэрлак Холмс. Дырэктар Леслі S. Hiscott адаптавалі Шэрлак Холмс раман Даліна страху, але дадаў, гісторыі, каб даць прафесара Марыярці і Col. Ролі Себасцьян Моран ў гісторыі. Значная частка фільма пераказ

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Prizefighters Meet in Liverpool Pub

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For the October 5, 1861 edition of the Cincinnati Daily Press, editors pulled a story off the wire service from the Spirit of the Times. The wire story reported on a fight between former English prizefighting champion Tom Sayers and current English champion Jem Mace. Both Sayers and Mace were touring with English circuses, when they stopped in at a

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Галоўны Дэсманд NABS штаны

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William Desmond nabbed many thieves during his 17 year career as St. Louis Chief of Detectives. He developed a nationwide reputation as “The Thief Taker”. У панядзелак, Кастрычнік 15, 1900, Chief Desmond nabbed the pants of a thief but not the thief himself. Jonas Washington entered the yard of Shickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Foundry at 12th and Gratiot Streets

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Сэм Маквей ў вялікай правай рукой

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Sam McVey tired of the lack of opportunity for black fighters in the United States during the early Twentieth Century. McVey decided to leave for Europe in 1907, where he fought until 1911. McVey fought in Australia for three more years before returning to the United States. This brief highlight film from France in 1911 with “Battling” Jim Johnson shows

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Officer and Deputy Confront Violent Man

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Жнівень 31, 1901, Night Watchman William Doherty discovered Willis Garner burglarizing the office of Schickle, Harrison and Howard Iron Company at 912 S. Twelfth Street in St. Луіс, Місуры. The iron company employed Garner, who threw a hammer at Doherty’s head. The hammer missed its target but the confusion allowed Garner to jump out the window and make his

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No More Head Punches

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We always taught students not to punch to the head during self-defense training. Яшчэ, we did teach students to punch to head height on pads, when teaching striking. After watching some of mixed martial arts legend Bas Rutten’s fights from Pancrase, it struck me what we were doing wrong. Pancrase banned closed fists to the head. Rutten, an accomplished muay

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