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Word: santschi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. William Farnum, 76, oldtime idol of the silent screen; in Los Angeles. Making his cinema debut in The Spoilers (1914), He-Man Farnum outpunched Villain Tom Santschi in the-movies' first bloody balcony-to-street saloon brawl, spent three days in the hospital with a broken nose, cuts and bruises, bent ribs. In the early '20s Farnum made as much as $520,000 a year, lost $2,000,000 in the '29 crash, survived the transition to sound to play supporting roles (Samson and Delilah...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Jun. 15, 1953 | 6/15/1953 | See Source »

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