Month: January 2020

The Lone Ranger Rides into Court

On: By: Romeyn

CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—(AP)—The Lone Ranger rode right into Federal Judge William J. Campbell’s courtroom today, figuratively speaking.

The mythical hero of millions of youngsters was represented by Atty. Raymond J. (Hi Yo, Silver!) Meurer who demanded and obtained a temporary order restraining a competitor from using the Ranger’s name.

The suit by Lone Ranger, Inc., Detroit, alleged that Sunbrock Shows, Inc., which will present a rodeo here Saturday, advertised with “fraud and misrepresentation” that the Lone Ranger would appear. It also asserted Sunbrock infringed on a copyright of the Lone Ranger’s name and familiar ‘Hi Yo, Silver, Away!”

Meurer’s suit alleged that an original idea conceived in 1933 by George W. Trendle of Detroit had been exploited at a cost of $1,000,000 via the radio, movies and comic strips and that 4,000,000 youngsters were members of Lone Ranger clubs.

The suit also asked $250,000 damages from Sunbrock Shows, Inc., its owners, Larry Sunbrock and William E. Baker, and perormers. Judge Campbell, with hoofbeats seemingly echoing in the courtroom, set a further hearing for tomorrow.

Fear In The Night, 1947

On: By: Romeyn

 

In De Forest Kelley’s first major role, he plays the part of a man who wakes up from a nightmare, a nightmare where he stabs an unknown man during a scuffle when he stopped him from breaking into a wall safe in an mirrored octagonal room. When he awakens he finds a button and a key, both of which h remembered from the dream. He goes to his brother in law (Paul Kelly) and presents him with the evidence. Did he commit murder, or was it just a dream?
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Another Lost Continent, 1893

On: By: Romeyn


ANOTHER LOST CONTINENT
The Theory of Antipodes Which Is Supposed to be Sunk In tho Antarctic Sea.

An interesting discussion has been going on of late concerning a supposed lost continent in the Antarctic sea. Mr. H. O. Forbes, to whom the theory of the former existence of this continent is due, proposes to call it Antipedea. Tie bases his belief in this ancient, and now sunken, land upon the existence of allied forms of wingless birds in the Mauritius and in the Chatham islands.

When geologists find upon distant islands forms of animals peculiar to continental lands, or to other far removed islands, they are sometimes driven to the conclusion that in former times a land connection must have existed between the continents and islands in question. But the idea, though new in this particular application, is not new in itself.

Two other supposed lost continents have become famous. The first is Atlantis, the story of which was known to Plato, a land of fertility, wealth and civilization, now lying, according to the legend, at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean.

The other lost continent is an invention, or a deduction, of modern science. It is called Lemuria, and is supposed to have existed in the Indian ocean. The islands of Mauritius, Madagascar, Bourbon, Rodriguez, and the Se3’chclles are believed to be remnants of this lost continent still projecting above the waters. According to some German savants, man himself probably originated in Lemuria instead of in Asia.

Antipodea, if it ever existed, was separated from Lemuria by almost half the circumference of the globe, and the Chatham islands are remnants of it. Across the great stretch of water between the Chatham islands and the Mauritius, it is argued, the flightless birds, whose bones are found in both places, could not have made their way. There are other peculiarities in the distribution of life in the southern hemisphere which, it is asserted by some, can only be accounted for on the supposition that such a continent as Antipodea once rose above tho Waters of the Antarctic sea.

(The Wichita Daily Eagle, November 18, 1893)

The Whip Against Satan

On: By: Romeyn


The Whip arrives in a Mexican town mired in fear and despair. Supernatural events are happening, and a volcano is about to explode. A saint supported by the frightened inhabitants, accuses the governor’s daughter of having liberated evil demons and insists that the solution is to sacrifice her. The Whip will try to prevent it and find out what the macabre truth is behind all this. (FILMAFFINITY)