"Groundbreaking... It offerss ... the thrill of discovery, an opportunity to learn often-startling new information... It is in every way a masterful piece of work." -- Leonard Maltin The Moving Image "Rigorously researched." Sight & Sound Magazine "A truly excellent recently published piece of scholarly film history... Meticulously researched and highly illuminating." -- Dave Kehr Davekehr.com "The history of boxing and early cinema is now to be given its first thorough history with the publication of Dan Streible's long awaited Fight Pictures." Bioscope "An important contribution to American film studies." -- David A. Gerstner American Historical Review "Authoritative." -- Travis Vogan Nineteenth Century Theatre & Film "Written in a straightforward, sometimes punchy style... Anyone interested in cinema, in boxing, or in the development of modern American society really should seek it out." Tribune (Uk) "[This] is an important contribution to the history of ... cinema." -- Evan Rhodes Modernism/Modernity "This book is the result of several years of research and provides a rich account of fight films within the context of complex interactions among personalities and of the rapidly changing technological, economic, social, and legal landscapes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It is the best and most complete account on the subject." The Journal Of American History "Chronicles the near forgotten story of how fights, fake bouts, sparring matches and silent era pictures became ingrained in American popular culture." Little White Lies
