Fight Pictures
Author: Dan Streible
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2008-04-11
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 0520250753
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In 1897 a filmed prize-fight became one of cinema's first major attractions, and such films continued to enjoy great popularity for many years to come. This work chronicles the story of how legitimate bouts, fake fights, comic sparring matches, and other forms of boxing came to dominate the screens of the silent-era.