Author : Dan Streible
Release : 2008-04-11
Genre : Performing Arts
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 753/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fight Pictures by : Dan Streible
Download or read book Fight Pictures written by Dan Streible. This book was released on 2008-04-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.