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Fight pictures : a history of boxing and early cinema

By Charles Musser , Dan Streible

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2008
ISBN
0520250753, 978-0-520-25075-8, 9780520250741, 0520250745, 9780520940581, 052094058X, 9781282360211, 1282360213
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8453249 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
396\418
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Boxing films -- United States -- History and criti

Description

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.

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