Корсар (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 Шепіт,

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Фріско Поїзд Грабіжники Опинившись

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Вересень 9, 1893, Frisco line brakeman James Pennock boarded the Frisco Line at Tower Grove in St. Луїс. 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, Міссурі. When the train got close

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Щасливий 21 День народження, Дівчинка

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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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Еван “Душитель” Lewis Available

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I recently finished Evan “The Strangler” Lewis: The Most Feared Wrestler of the 19th Century. Evan Lewis was a skilled submission expert during the legitimate professional wrestling era although he did take part in a couple prearranged matches. У січні 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to “strangle Sorakichi to

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Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)

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Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) (affiliate link) is one of the five Sherlock Holmes films starring Arthur Wontner as Sherlock Holmes. Director Leslie S. Hiscott adapted the Sherlock Holmes novel The Valley of Fear but added to the story to give Professor Moriarty and Col. Sebastian Moran roles in the story. A significant portion of the movie is the retelling

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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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Головний Десмонд NABS штани

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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 понеділок, Жовтень 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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Сем Маквей у великій правою рукою

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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, де він бився до тих пір, 1911. Маквей воював в Австралії протягом ще трьох років, перш ніж повернутися в Сполучені Штати. Цей короткий родзинка кіно з Франції в 1911 з “Battling” Jim Johnson shows

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Директор та заступник Протистояти жорстокою людиною

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Серпня 31, 1901, Нічний сторож Вільям Доерті відкрив Вілліс Гарнер burglarizing посаду Schickle, Харрісон і Говард Праска компанії в 912 S. Дванадцята вулиця в Санкт. Луїс, Міссурі. Заліза в компанії працювало Гарнер, хто кинув молоток в голову Доерті. 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. Ще, 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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