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396 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520250758
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 01 April 2008
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...
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396 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780520250758
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 01 April 2008
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...