Fight Pictures A History of Boxing and Early Cinema

The first filmed prizefight, Veriscope's Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight (1897) became one of cinema's first major attractions, ushering in an era in which hugely successful boxing films helped transform a stigmatized sport into legitimate entertainment. Exploring a significant and fascinating period in the development of modern sports and media, Fight Pictures is the first work to chronicle the mostly forgotten story of how legitimate bouts, fake fights, comic sparring matches, and more came to silent-era screens and became part of American popular culture.

ISBN:	9780520250758
Publisher:	University of California Press
Imprint:	University of California Press
Published date:	11 Apr 2008
DEWEY:	791.436579
DEWEY edition:	22
Language:	English
Number of pages:	352
Weight:	590g
Height:	229mm
Width:	152mm
Spine width:	25mm

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