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From Easy Street to High Noon
This book covers black and white films made from 1916 to 1952. Some of the films analyzed include Charles Chaplin's Easy Street, D.W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms, Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You and Otto Preminger's Laura. The book introduces movie viewers to the study of film in an accessible and not overly academic way. After reading this book, you will have a basic understanding of how director's create meaning within a film by using varied techniques. The viewer is often familiar but unaware of how the director is manipulating their viewing experience. This book will peel back the curtain for the viewer.
Origins of a Legend
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Soldiers, Sailors and Scott City
When Frank O. Zimmerman married Eloise Swindell nee Deweese, they united two families with deep roots in Southeast Missouri. This book covers the family history back to the 1700s.
Evan the Strangler Lewis
In January 1886, Evan Lewis used his dreaded stranglehold on Sorakichi Matsada. According to several newspapers, Lewis attempted to "strangle Sorakichi to death". The reaction was so strong, Lewis' pet move was banned in the rematch a month later. What Lewis did to Sorakichi Matsada in the return match would cement his reputation as a vicious submission expert. Lewis continued wrestling for 13 more years including a two-year run as American Heavyweight Wrestling Champion. Lewis never really escaped the shadow of his actions in the Sorakichi Matsada matches becoming wrestling's first real villain. Lewis' reputation was not enhanced by his out of the ring actions. This book will take you through a detailed account of Lewis' career inside and outside the ring. The reader can decide for themselves if Lewis' reputation was deserved or not.
German Expressionism and the Cat and the Canary
German Director Paul Leni directed his first American film, The Cat and the Canary, for Universal Film Company in 1927. Leni's film would lead to the distinct look in the Universal Horror Film franchise as later directors and cinematographers copied his style of German Expressionism. Leni's style is studied in his four surviving films: Waxworks (1924), The Cat and the Canary (1927), The Man Who Laughs (1928) and The Last Warning (1929). Particular attention is given The Cat and the Canary and its effect on the look of the Universal Horror Films produced by James Whale and Arthur Edeson. Leni's work influenced the filming of Frankenstein (1931), The Old Dark House (1932) and The Invisible Man (1933).
1920
Burglars, robbers and gangsters killed six St. Louis Police Officers in 1920. Automobile accidents took the lives of two more officers. The St. Louis Police Department never experienced a year like 1920, when eight brave officers were killed in the line of duty. The Roaring Twenties was off to an explosive start for the City of St. Louis. 1919 to 1920 was a particularly rough two year period for the department. Robbers even shot the Chief of Police. This book covers the ten incidents which took the lives of twelve officers during the two-year period. Includes historical photographs.
Double-Crossing the Gold Dust Trio
The Double Cross Which Brought Down the Most Powerful Organization in Professional Wrestling Between 1923 and 1928, the Gold Dust Trio of World Champion Ed "Strangler" Lewis, manager Billy Sandow and promotional genius Joseph "Toots" Mondt dominated professional wrestling. Due to the promotional practices of the Trio, Ed "Strangler" Lewis earned the most money of any professional athlete in the 1920s including Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey. Riding a high tide of full houses and big gates, poor decisions based on greed led to trouble for both the Trio and professional wrestling. Learn How a 45-Year-Old Changed the Fortunes of Professional Wrestling For Nearly a Decade
Shootout on Pine Street
The Shootout on Pine Street had its origins in an Illinois train robbery on July 1, 1904. Harry Vaughn, William Morris and Albert Rosenaur carried out the vicious robbery before making their way to St. Louis. St. Louis was hosting the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition commonly called the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. The Fair brought millions of visitors to St. Louis, leading the crafty Vaughn to surmise it would be the perfect place to hide out. Vaughn's decision would put him squarely up against St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond and his able group of detectives. The result would be the deadliest shootout in St. Louis Police history followed by one of the most brazen prison breaks in Missouri history. This book examines the parallel careers of the St. Louis Police Officers and criminals leading to a collision course in a rooming house on Pine Street. The leader and only survivor of the shootout would meet his own violent end a year later. Read this detailed true crime account with more thrills than anything imagined in fiction.
St. Louis' Civil War
On Saturday, May 5, 1900 at 11:30 p.m., the explosion of the Suburban Line at the Wabash and Sarah Street railroad crossing marked the beginning of the St. Louis Street Car Strike of 1900. Before the strike was over in September 1900, the streets of St. Louis would be a battle ground between rich and poor with the St. Louis Police Department in the middle of the fray. The strike would divide the overwhelmed police department as well as well as the city itself. Before the strike effectively ended on September 11, 1900, 14 people including a St. Louis Police Officer were killed and hundreds were injured. Was it worth the sacrifice? Are the effects of the strike still felt in the city today? One of the only books on this subject studies the incidents, actions and collateral damage of the strike. Who were the good guys and who were the bad guys? Read the graphic details about this literally explosive time. Before the strike was over, St. Louis would learn the definition of a dynamitard. An informative and enteraining read.
Morrissey Vs. Poole
On July 26, 1854, World Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey challenged part-time prize-fighter and New York Whig enforcer William "Bill the Butcher" Poole to a street fight. The fight at the Amos Street Pier proved a humilation for the champion. The bad blood between the Tammany Hall enforcers led by Morrissey and Know-Nothing enforcers led by Poole culiminated in Stanwix Hall on February 25, 1855. The outcome would lead to three trials and a twenty-year campaign to rebuild a reputation.
