Charlie Chans Geheimnis (1936)

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The series of the Charlie Chan films starring Warner Oland were probably the strongest films in the Charlie Chan series. Sidney Toler made several good films also but eventually the series would become low-budget “B” films produced by Monogram Pictures. Charlie Chans Geheimnis (1936) (affiliate link) was one of the earlier Twentieth-Century Fox films about Charlie Chan. The production values

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Zbyszko and the Last Shoot Match

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Stanislaus Zbyszko was born Stanislaw Jan Cyganiewicz on April 1, 1879 in Jodlow, Polen, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. Laut Wikipedia, he chose the ring name Stanislaus Zbyszko because it was the name of a fictional Polish knight. An article in the Walla Walla, Washington newspaper, The Evening Statesman’s Tuesday, Februar 8, 1910 edition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and

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The Black Camel (1931)

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The Black Camel (1931) is the oldest surviving Charlie Chan film (affiliate link) starring Warner Oland. Es war der zweite Film in der Reihe für Fox Filme. Die erste, dritte, vierten und fünften Filme sind verloren, obwohl eine spanische Sprachversion von Charlie Chan Carries On (Dreizehn waren, 1931) nicht vorhanden. The Black Camel was released on June 21, 1931.

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Easton Taylor Trust Company Robbery

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Im April 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, alias “Der Red-Headed Bandit”, ging in die Easton-Taylor Trust Company an 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith hatte einen Revolver in jeder Hand und forderte Geld aus der Kasse. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 in einem Sack. John Lanigan, the bank’s president, sat in his office off the lobby

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Hack and What It Takes To Be Great

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George Hackenschmidt (1877-1968) war ein Weltrekord hält Gewichtheber und Welt-Schwergewichts-Champion vor Wrestling Wrestling wurde vorbereitet und Heber wurden mit Steroiden. Hackenschmidt erreichte ein Niveau von Größe auf mehrere Faktoren. He achieved a high level of physical fitness. His physical condition allowed him to be the most successful wrestler of his era. A few wrestlers may have been

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Sgt.. King’s Home on Lotus Avenue

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Ich vorher über einen Vorfall schrieb, in dem ein Detective Sergeant für die St. Louis Polizei wurde bei einem Raubversuch erschossen. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis Geschichte, Detective Sergeant James Martin King’s home in January 1920 still exists. The home is still in excellent condition. 4973 Lotus Avenue was the home of Sgt. King in

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Robbers Kill Detective Sergeant in 1920

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An einem kalten Januarabend in 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Polizei, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Police Department. St. Louis Police Detective Sergeant James Martin König war zu Fuß zu seinem Haus an 4973 Lotus Avenue über N. Kingshighway Boulevard, when two

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