Charlie Chan’s Secret (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 Chan’s Secret (1936) (affiliate kiungo) 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, Poland, which was part of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. Kwa mujibu wa 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, Februari 8, 1910 edition, publicized Zbyszko’s university and

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Black Camel (1931)

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Black Camel (1931) is the oldest surviving Charlie Chan film (affiliate kiungo) starring Warner Oland. Ilikuwa filamu ya pili katika mfululizo wa Fox Films. kwanza, tatu, fourth and fifth films are lost although a Spanish language version of Charlie Chan Carries On (Walikuwa kumi na tatu, 1931) gani zipo. The Black Camel was released on June 21, 1931.

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Easton Taylor Trust Company Robbery

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Aprili 5, 1920, Frederick Charles Smith, also known as “The Red-Headed Bandit”, walked into the Easton-Taylor Trust Company at 4474 Easton Avenue. Smith had a revolver in each hand and demanded money from the cashier. Fearing for his life, the clerk promptly dropped $15,309 in a 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) mara rekodi ya dunia ya kufanya weightlifter na World Heavyweight Wrestling Champion kabla ya kumenyana ilikuwa prearranged na lifters walikuwa kutumia steroids. Hackenschmidt mafanikio ya kiwango cha juu ya ukuu wa kutokana na sababu kadhaa. 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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Mimi awali aliandika juu ya tukio hilo katika ambayo Detective Sergeant kwa St. Louis Polisi alipigwa risasi wakati wa jaribio wizi. Unlike a number of other incidents in Gilded Age St. Louis historia, 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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On baridi Januari usiku katika 1920, the deadliest year for St. Louis Polisi, kicked off violently. Two not so-bright robbers attempted to rob one of the largest and bravest officers on the St. Louis Idara ya Polisi. St. Louis Polisi Detective Sergeant James Martin King alikuwa akitembea nyumbani kwake 4973 Lotus Avenue kupitia N. Kingshighway Boulevard, when two

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