Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939)

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In the sixth of eight Mr. Moto films released between 1937 and 1939, Interpol police officer Kentaro Moto pursues a group of international saboteurs. Twentieth Century – Fox Film Corporation released Mr. Moto’s Last Warning (1939) (affiliate link) on January 20, 1939. Peter Lorre returns as the cerebral but deadly Mr. Moto. Ricardo Cortez plays Fabian the Great, a ventriloquist,

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Wrestler Saves Drowning Priest

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George Baptiste spent about twenty years serving as St. Louis’ resident all-around athlete before taking over the company, Baptiste Tent and Awning, founded by his father Alexander Baptiste. Besides plying his trade as an occasional but accomplished professional wrestler, Baptise was a powerful swimmer. August 11, 1900, Baptiste used his swimming skills to save another St. Louisan from drowning.

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A Tale of Two Turnvereine Halls

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Skjebnen til mye av St. Louis’ historiske bygninger bevise den gamle eiendoms ordtaket. Det handler om plassering, plassering, plassering. Dersom bygningen er i Sør-St. Louis, den har en bedre sjanse for å bli frelst enn en bygning på nordsiden. The same could be said for buildings located in the center of the city except

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Seymour Hicks in Scrooge (1935)

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Scrooge (1935) is Twickenham Studios version of the Charles Dickens’ classic, A Christmas Carol. Seymour Hicks plays Ebenezer Scrooge, the miserly owner of a London business. He employs an assistant named Bob Cratchit. Scrooge will eventually meet three ghosts on Christmas Eve, who will cause a miraculous change in Scrooge’s attitude towards Christmas and his assistant. Seymour Hicks was born

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Kjølvannet av Union Bank Robbery

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På fredag, March 13, 1903, den Franklin County Dommer William Davidson arraigned William Rudolph og George Collins for ranet av Union Bank og drapet på Pinkerton Detective Charles Schumacher. Rudolph og Collins trygler “ikke skyldig”. Dommer Davidson tildelt tre advokater til å representere Rudolph og Collins. William Rudolph gave a confession to the St. Louis media, which was

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