LEADER 03382nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910456822503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-36021-3 010 $a9786612360213 010 $a0-520-94058-X 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520940581 035 $a(CKB)2430000000010948 035 $a(EBL)837235 035 $a(OCoLC)773564963 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000296353 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11223164 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296353 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10323213 035 $a(PQKB)10579297 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC837235 035 $a(OCoLC)667011742 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse30916 035 $a(DE-B1597)518688 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520940581 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL837235 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10675717 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL236021 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000010948 100 $a20071022d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFight pictures$b[electronic resource] $ea history of boxing and early cinema /$fDan Streible 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (418 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-520-25075-3 311 $a0-520-25074-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-367) and index. 320 $aIncludes filmography: p. 291-303. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tForeword -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChronology -- $tPreliminaries: History, Prizefighting, Early Cinema -- $t1. The Sporting and Theatrical Syndicate: Boxing Pictures and the Origins of Cinema, 1891-1896 -- $t2. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight: Women at the Veriscope, 1897 -- $t3. Under the Lights: Filming Ringside in the Jim Jeffries Era, 1899-1904 -- $t4. Fake Fight Films: S. Lubin of Philadelphia, 1897-1908 -- $t5. Fight Pictures in the Nickelodeon Era: Miles Bros. of New York & San Francisco, 1905-1912 -- $t6. Jack Johnson Films: Black Exhibition and White Suppression, 1908-1910 -- $t7. Jack Johnson's Decline: The Prizefight Film Ban, 1911-1915 -- $t8. Bootlegging The Clandestine Traffic in Fight Pictures, 1916-1940 -- $tFilmography -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aThe 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. 606 $aBoxing films$zUnited States$xHistory and criticism 606 $aMotion pictures$xHistory and criticism 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBoxing films$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aMotion pictures$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a791.43/6579 700 $aStreible$b Dan$0973318 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456822503321 996 $aFight pictures$92320196 997 $aUNINA LEADER 01514aam 2200421I 450 001 9910711224603321 005 20151113033703.0 024 8 $aGOVPUB-C13-ff8dc22d75e66f29ebdb2bb2085ee683 035 $a(CKB)5470000002481778 035 $a(OCoLC)929066506 035 $a(EXLCZ)995470000002481778 100 $a20151113d1983 ua 0 101 0 $aeng 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aSize of letters required for visibility as a function of viewing distance and observer visual acuity /$fGerald L. Howett 210 1$aGaithersburg, MD :$cU.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology,$d1983. 215 $a1 online resource 225 1 $aNBS technical note ;$v1180 300 $a1983. 300 $aContributed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes. 300 $aTitle from PDF title page. 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 606 $aLettering 606 $aVisual acuity 615 0$aLettering. 615 0$aVisual acuity. 700 $aHowett$b Gerald Leonard$f1931-$01402680 701 $aHowett$b Gerald Leonard$f1931-$01402680 712 02$aUnited States.$bNational Bureau of Standards. 801 0$bNBS 801 1$bNBS 801 2$bGPO 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910711224603321 996 $aSize of letters required for visibility as a function of viewing distance and observer visual acuity$93527808 997 $aUNINA