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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.

Boxing films --- Motion pictures --- History and criticism. --- 20th century america culture. --- 20th century american film history. --- american cinema. --- american film history. --- bob fitzsimmons. --- bootlegging. --- boxing match. --- boxing pictures. --- championship prizefight. --- cinema. --- documentary film. --- early cinema. --- fighting. --- film history. --- film studies. --- film. --- first feature film. --- historical. --- jack johnson. --- james j corbett. --- jim jeffries. --- latham loop. --- movie history. --- movie studies. --- movies. --- national film registry. --- nickelodeon films. --- prizefighting. --- retrospective. --- sports history. --- sports. --- the corbett fitzsimmons fight.