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 p...

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Main Author: Streible, Dan
Other Authors: Musser, Charles
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: CA : University of California Press, 2008.
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Call Number: PN1995.9.B69
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