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2. Mr. Moto - Wikipedia

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   Mr. Moto is a fictional Japanese secret agent created by the American author John P. Marquand.He appeared in six novels by Marquand published between 1935 and 1957. Marquand initially created the character for the Saturday Evening Post, which was seeking stories with an Asian hero after the death of Charlie Chan's creator Earl Derr

3. Belmont Park (San Diego) - Wikipedia

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   Website. www.belmontpark.com. Belmont Park is an oceanfront historic amusement park in the Mission Beach area of San Diego, California. The park was developed by sugar magnate John D. Spreckels and opened on July 4, 1925 as the Mission Beach Amusement Center. [ 1 ] In addition to providing recreation and amusement, it was intended as a way to ...

4. Pacific Beach, San Diego - Wikipedia

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   San Diego. Pacific Beach is a neighborhood in San Diego, California, bounded by La Jolla to the north, Mission Beach and Mission Bay to the south, Interstate 5 and Clairemont to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. [1] While formerly largely populated by young people, surfers, and college students, because of rising property and rental ...

5. Mission Bay (San Diego) - Wikipedia

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   Mission Bay (San Diego) Coordinates: 32°46′45″N 117°14′3″W. Aerial view of Mission Bay. Mission Bay is an artificial, saltwater bay located south of the Pacific Beach community of San Diego, California, created from approximately 2,000 acres (810 ha) of historical wetland, marsh, and saltwater bay habitat. The bay is part of the ...

6. John P. Marquand - Wikipedia

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   John Phillips Marquand (November 10, 1893 – July 16, 1960) was an American writer. Originally best known for his Mr. Moto spy stories, he achieved popular success and critical respect for his satirical novels, winning a Pulitzer Prize for The Late George Apley in 1938. [1] One of his abiding themes was the confining nature of life in America ...

7. Giant Dipper (Belmont Park) - Wikipedia

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   Giant Dipper. The Giant Dipper, also known as Mission Beach Roller Coaster and historically by other names, is a historical wooden roller coaster located in Belmont Park, a small amusement park in the Mission Beach area of San Diego, California. Built in 1925, it and its namesake at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk are the only remaining wooden ...

8. The Lafayette Hotel and Club - Wikipedia

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   The Lafayette Hotel and Club. The Lafayette Hotel and Club is a hotel in San Diego, California, United States that opened on July 1, 1946. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 31, 2012. [2][3] The Lafayette is a member of Historic Hotels of America (a program of the National Trust for Historic Preservation) since 2023.

9. Mr. Moto's Gamble - Wikipedia

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   Plot. In San Francisco, policeman Lieutenant Riggs (Harold Huber) takes Mr. Moto, a detective and Lee Chan (Keye Luke), a student, to a prizefight between Bill Steele (Dick Baldwin) and Frank Stanton (Russ Clark), where the winner will take on the champion, Biff Moran (Ward Bond). However, the fight is fixed and gangster Nick Crowder (Douglas ...