Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 11, 2014
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Transcript:
Allied soldiers in World War II escaped from German prison camps with the help of decks of playing cards that revealed maps when soaked in water. St. Anthony, who lived in 3rd century Egypt, is the patron saint of gravediggers. Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead in Casablanca before the producers switched to Humphrey Bogart.
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Templo S.U.D. almost 10 years ago
Who the flip comes up with these patron saints? Also, why even need a patron saint?
Carl Rennhack Premium Member almost 10 years ago
But Mr. Reagan lived in the most important “Casa Blanca” in history!
kvnkoehler almost 10 years ago
Bogart made the movie. There is absolutely no way Reagan could have did those scenes, and made the movie timeless.
francisrossi almost 10 years ago
Didn’t Raygun get out-acted by a chimp?
Kerovan almost 10 years ago
I saw a PBS special once about the man who actually developed items like those cards for our soldiers, in case of capture. It was fascinating. He was the “Q” (James Bond not Star Trek reference) of that era. He even hid maps inside Domino games.
Stephen Gilberg almost 10 years ago
Bogart and Reagan shared at least one movie: “Dark Victory.”
sdjamieson Premium Member almost 10 years ago
“Of all the open graves in all the cemeteries in all the world, St. Anthony falls into mine. If only he’d had a map.”
tuslog64 almost 10 years ago
I saw Plan 9 on late night TV once and thought "This has to be one of the worst movies ever made!And later read it was a list of the 10 worst ever!
tuslog64 almost 10 years ago
There was a Raegen movie once where him and several friends were going to Wash DC. Ron says Hey, maybe we’ll get to meet the president!(Years later he was!)
Red_Fez almost 10 years ago
@potrerokid1532So what, right… now that Obama’s made it an outhouse.