Gentleman Jim And The Great John L
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Gentleman Jim And The Great John L
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Author : Syd Hoff
language : en
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group
Release Date : 1977-01-01
Gentleman Jim And The Great John L written by Syd Hoff and has been published by Putnam Publishing Group this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Briefly recounts the events of the 1892 boxing match between heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan and challenger "Gentleman Jim" Corbett.
Reminiscences Of A 19th Century Gladiator The Autobiography Of John L Sullivan
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Author : John Lawrence Sullivan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-11
Reminiscences Of A 19th Century Gladiator The Autobiography Of John L Sullivan written by John Lawrence Sullivan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
In 1892, while training for his historic fight with Gentleman Jim Corbett, undefeated heavyweight boxing champion John L. Sullivan wrote "Reminiscences of a 19th Century Gladiator," a summation of his extraordinary life and career. In the book, the "Boston Strong Boy" shares with the reader the story of his humble origins and the obstacles, both legal and personal, that he had to overcome to become the most famous boxer of the 19th century. This deluxe edition of the book contains additional material including never-before-included photographs, newspaper accounts, and interviews.
John L Sullivan And His America
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Author : Michael T. Isenberg
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1994-01-15
John L Sullivan And His America written by Michael T. Isenberg and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994-01-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A knockout biography of John L. Sullivan that puts the fabled boxing champ squarely in the context of his rough-and-tumble times. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary sources, including the scandalous National Police Gazette, Isenberg (History/Annapolis) recounts how Sullivan brawled his way from a working-class background in Boston's Irish ghetto to the top of the prizefighting world.
Inspired By True Events
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Author : Robert J. Niemi
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2013-10-17
Inspired By True Events written by Robert J. Niemi and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-17 with Performing Arts categories.
An up-to-date and indispensable guide for film history buffs of all kind, this book surveys more than 500 major films based on true stories and historical subject matter. When a film is described as "based on a true story" or "inspired by true events," exactly how "true" is it? Which "factual" elements of the story were distorted for dramatic purposes, and what was added or omitted? Inspired by True Events: An Illustrated Guide to More Than 500 History-Based Films, Second Edition concisely surveys a wide range of major films, docudramas, biopics, and documentaries based on real events, addressing subject areas including military history and war, political figures, sports, and art. This book provides an up-to-date and indispensable guide for all film history buffs, students and scholars of history, and fans of the cinema.
The Boxing Filmography
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Author : Frederick V. Romano
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2004-09-10
The Boxing Filmography written by Frederick V. Romano and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-09-10 with Performing Arts categories.
The love affair between boxing and Hollywood began with the dawn of film. As early as the days of Chaplin, the "boxing film" had assumed its place as a subgenre, and over the decades it has taken the forms of biographies, dramas, romances, comedies, and even musicals and westerns. Such well known pictures as The Champ, Body and Soul, Don King: Only in America, Girl Fight, The Irish in Us, The Kid from Brooklyn, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Raging Bull, each of the Rocky movies and When We Were Kings are just a few examples of the feature films included in this filmography. Thoroughly researched, this work examines 98 boxing films from the 1920s through 2003. Each entry provides basic filmographic data (the film's studio, its genre, its length, cast and credits); a detailed synopsis of the film; illuminating commentary on the boxing sequences; and excerpts from contemporary reviews. Most entries also summarize the making of the film, with particular attention to the training of the actors for the boxing scenes. The filmography also includes information on studio publicity releases and advertisements, press books and exhibitor campaign materials for each film.
The Boxing Film
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Author : Travis Vogan
language : en
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Release Date : 2020-10-16
The Boxing Film written by Travis Vogan and has been published by Rutgers University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-16 with Performing Arts categories.
As one of popular culture’s most popular arenas, sports are often the subject of cinematic storytelling. But boxing films are special. There are more movies about boxing, by a healthy margin, than any other sport, and boxing accompanied and aided the medium’s late nineteenth-century emergence as a popular mass entertainment. Many of cinema’s most celebrated directors—from Oscar Micheaux to Martin Scorsese—made boxing films. And while the production of other types of sports movies generally corresponds with the current popularity of their subject, boxing films continue to be made regularly even after the sport has wilted from its once-prominent position in the sports hierarchy of the United States. From Edison’s Leonard-Cushing Fight to The Joe Louis Story, Rocky, and beyond, this book explores why boxing has so consistently fascinated cinema and popular media culture by tracing how boxing movies inform the sport’s meanings and uses from the late nineteenth century to the early twenty-first century.
Heavyweight Boxing Champions
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Author : Terry Middleton
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2021-05-28
Heavyweight Boxing Champions written by Terry Middleton and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-05-28 with Sports & Recreation categories.
This book is dedicated to my grandfather, Clarence Middleton, who boxed while in the United States Army during WWI, and my Father, Dennis Middleton, who boxed while in the United States Navy during WWII. My first memories were watching my Dad workout when I was a young kid. He used Boxing and weight training routines as a way to exercise after the war.
James J Corbett
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Author : Armond Fields
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2017-07-06
James J Corbett written by Armond Fields and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-06 with Performing Arts categories.
When he died in 1933, James J. “Gentleman Jim” Corbett was honored by two distinguished groups of people: the professional boxing public, who celebrated him as America’s greatest boxing champion, and the world of popular theater admirers, who revered him as one of Broadway’s top vaudeville headliners. Corbett was uniquely instrumental in making boxing and popular theater both justifiable commercial enterprises, to be enjoyed by all classes of people. He became America’s first national sports hero and went on to formulate the theater world’s star system. This is the first definitive biography of the man who knocked out heavyweight champion John L. Sullivan, and who also knocked out audiences who flocked to see him in vaudeville and silent pictures. The focus herein is on the real man, the influences on his life, and the social and commercial environment within which he functioned. The author reveals that Corbett was a complex, driven, enigmatic man whose dedicated participation in popular entertainment changed American social values and mores, and at the same time reinvented the notion of a national hero.
Sucker Punch
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Author : Amanda J Field
language : en
Publisher: Andrews UK Limited
Release Date : 2023-10-16
Sucker Punch written by Amanda J Field and has been published by Andrews UK Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-10-16 with Performing Arts categories.
The 1930s, 40s and 50s were the heyday of the boxing film, attracting some of the biggest stars of the time - including Errol Flynn, James Cagney, Kirk Douglas and Paul Newman - and some of the best directors. Yet it is a genre that has received little critical attention apart from a few films singled out because they can be categorised as film noir. It would be easy to assume, therefore, that the typical boxing film of this period was a dark melodrama with the tragic and doomed figure of the boxer at its centre, but that gives a false picture of a genre that included comedies and costume dramas among its 130-plus films. Sucker Punch invites the reader to take a wider look at the scope and breadth of the genre by providing a detailed discussion of 20 boxing films - a selection from each decade - from Hollywood and British studios. Some, such as Body and Soul, have become part of the established 'canon' of Film Studies, while lighter fare, such as Ringside Maisie or Gentleman Jim, have been overlooked by the critics but are worthy of re-examination - not simply because they are enjoyable films in their own right, but also because they offer insights into social attitudes of the times. The book draws on contemporary sources, such as trade-paper film reviews, as well as modern academic criticism, to build a highly readable account of the development of the boxing genre and its narrative conventions.
Eddie Foy
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Author : Armond Fields
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 1999-01-01
Eddie Foy written by Armond Fields and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-01-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Just a century ago Eddie Foy was the consummate stage comedian. A versatile performer, Foy contributed to the development of popular theater from the Civil War to the Roaring Twenties, from poverty-inspired Irish two-acts to lavish musical comedies. This first-ever biography of Foy tells the story of his indigent childhood in New York's Bowery and in Chicago, his tough uphill climb as a variety artist at Western outposts, his success in vaudeville and Broadway, and his arrival as a national icon with the Seven Little Foys. Foy's career mirrored the growth of popular theater entertainment in America. Exhaustively researched, this work contains many rare personal photographs from the Foy family archives.