Mysterious Mr. Κίνηση (1938)

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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

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“Terrible” Terry Shows His Power

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“Terrible” Terry McGovern proved to be a rare fighter at the turn of the Twentieth Century. While smaller boxers packed no power in their punches, McGovern, who scaled between 110 και 126 λίρες, possessed tremendous knockout power. “Terrible” Terry often finished his opponents in the first four rounds. Τον Ιούλιο 1, 1899, Brooklyn based McGovern met Chicago’s Johnny Richie at

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Prelude to 1912 Προεδρικές Εκλογές

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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.

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Chief Desmond Sweats Nitro Burglar

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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

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Gotch Tries Boxing

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An age old question in combat sports is “Who will win between a boxer and a wrestler?” The speculation around this question led to several boxer versus wrestler matches through out history, most notably the disaster between Muhammad Ali and Antonio Inoki in 1976. The matches are mostly no-win affairs except at the box office, which is why both promoters

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Ντετέκτιβ Tracy Μεταφορών Κορμός δολοφόνος

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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

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St. Louis Police Nab Robber of Policeman

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Την Δευτέρα, Μάρτιος 5, 1900, St. Louis Police Officers Thomas Meagher and Thomas Degnan apprehended men who robbed an East St. Louis Officer of his gun. Ed Sullivan, ένα 22 year-old transient, robbed an East St. Louis Police Officer of his gun, jewelry and possessions in late February 1900. Officer Thomas Meagher observed Sullivan and Harry Davis walking near Olive

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Heenan Loses to King in Last Bout

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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

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Gotch Wanted Hack in St. Louis

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Frank Gotch took the American Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from Tom Jenkins in December 1903. Gotch intended on following up this triumph with a match for World Heavyweight Wrestling Championship from George Hackenschmidt. Gotch wanted to meet “Hack” στο St. Louis during the 1904 Παγκόσμια Έκθεση. Unfortunately for Gotch and St. Louis, the match would not occur until 1908 in Chicago,

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Charlie Chan στο Treasure Island (1939)

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Charlie Chan στο Treasure Island (1939) είναι η τρίτη Twentieth-Century Fox ταινία με πρωταγωνιστή τον Σίντνεϊ Toler ως Charlie Chan. Ο επιθεωρητής Chan και ο Jimmy Chan, παίζεται από Victor Sen Yung, πετούν στην Παγκόσμια Έκθεση του Σαν Φρανσίσκο στο 1939 καθώς ανοίγει η ταινία. The bumpy ride is making Jimmy very nervous. Στην πτήση είναι επίσης ο φίλος του Τσάρλι, Πολ Έσεξ, played

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