Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Foreword xiii
5. Acknowledgments xvii
6. Chronology xix
7. Preliminaries: History, Prizefighting, Early Cinema 1
8. 1. The Sporting and Theatrical Syndicate: Boxing Pictures and the Origins of Cinema, 1891–1896 22
9. 2. The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight: Women at the Veriscope, 1897 52
10. 3. Under the Lights: Filming Ringside in the Jim Jeffries Era, 1899–1904 96
11. 4. Fake Fight Films: S. Lubin of Philadelphia, 1897–1908 126
12. 5. Fight Pictures in the Nickelodeon Era: Miles Bros. of New York & San Francisco, 1905–1912 164
13. 6. Jack Johnson Films: Black Exhibition and White Suppression, 1908–1910 195
14. 7. Jack Johnson’s Decline: The Prizefight Film Ban, 1911–1915 239
15. 8. Bootlegging The Clandestine Traffic in Fight Pictures, 1916–1940 266
16. Filmography 291
17. Notes 305
18. Index 369