Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)

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Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy comic strip in 1931. Originally published through the Detroit Metro, the strip moved to the Chicago Tribune where it made the paper and Gould rich through syndication. It was only a matter of time before Dick Tracy made his debut on the silver screen. Ralph Byrd played Dick Tracy in four 15 chapter serials

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Manassa Mauler Knocks Out Giant in 1919

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While doing research, I found this picture of the Manassa Mauler training for his July 4th, 1919 title fight with Jess Willard, the World Heavyweight Boxing Champions. Willard had knocked out the great Jack Johnson in 1915 to become champion. Willard was a giant of a man at 6’06” en 235 pond. He posed a threat to anyone based on size alone. Egter,

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Auto diewe Dood Nog Polisieman

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William Dillon het gereageer op berigte oor die moord Beampte McKenna deur die Lewis Brothers. Dillon het geglo dat die Lewis Brothers, wat die motor en draad diewe, was verantwoordelik vir die McKenna se dood. Dillon proceeded to the DeMorris home at 4232 Athlone Avenue. Hy het gesien hoe twee van die Lewis-broers die motorhuis in die Ford binnekom. Dillon entered the garage

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Draad Diewe dood Polisieman

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Voor Vrydag, April 7, 1916, was oor, die Lewis-broers sou doodmaak twee St. Louis Polisiebeamptes, John McKenna en William Dillon. McKenna was die eerste om te val, toe hy onderbreek die broers probeer draad om te steel, a valuable commodity during World War I. The brothers would kill Dillon, while he investigated McKenna’s murder. Die St. Louis Police Department assigned

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Die Spaanse Cape Mystery (1935)

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Die Spaanse Cape Mystery (1935) is 'n verwerking van een van die Ellery Queen-romans. Twee neefs, Frederic Dannay en Manfred Lee, wat 'n aantal speurder romans onder die skuilnaam van die titel karakter geskryf. In hierdie film, Ellery Queen neem 'n vakansie na Kalifornië saam met sy vriend Regter Macklin. Natuurlik, hulle is nie lank in hul

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The Mad Doctor Meets the Somnambulist

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Wat gebeur is die eerste kommersieel suksesvolle kuns film. Die Kabinet van Dr. Caligari (1920) is in Januarie vrygestel 1920 besig om 'n Duitse en internasionale sensasie. It marked the beginning of the German film revival during the 1920s The German Expressionist Movement in German art strongly influenced this film. Ekspressionistiese skilders het geboue teen vreemde hoeke geteken, oddly shaped furniture,

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