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John Gilbert and Jim Tully

Date: 1930
Description: Actor John Gilbert and boxer/author Jim Tully shake hands. Each is smiling and wearing a boxing glove on one hand. This publicity still may be a reference ...
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"Sic 'Em, Sam" Promotional Still

Date: 1918
Description: Democracy (played by Douglas Fairbanks) punches Prussianism (Bull Montana) on the jaw in a promotional still from "Sic 'Em, Sam" a short silent film made f...
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Billy Sullivan Boxing

Date: 1923
Description: Billy Sullivan (right) boxes a larger man in "Fighting Mad," perhaps one of "Leather Pushers" series of Universal films made in 1923 and 1924. Billy Sulliv...
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Billy Sullivan and Spectators

Date: 1923
Description: Billy Sullivan (right) has knocked his opponent to the mat in "Fighting Mad," perhaps one of the "Leather Pushers" series of Universal films made in 1923 ...
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Scene Still of Frank Mayo

Date: 1922
Description: The boxer Tom Harper (played by Frank Mayo) is in his corner between rounds with his corner men. Behind them is lively crowd of male spectators in a scene ...
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"Afraid to Fight" Scene Still

Date: 1922
Description: The boxer Tom Harper (played by Frank Mayo at left) has a tense meeting with his opponent Slick Morrisey (Al Kaufman) before their fight. They are flanked ...
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Robert Ryan in "Behind the Rising Sun"

Date: 1943
Description: Robert Ryan, as Lefty O'Doyle, is seen boxing against a man in a white martial arts uniform. Ryan has hit the man who is falling backwards. Japanese men in...
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"The Ice Flood" Lobby Card

Date: 1926
Description: Lobby card for the film "The Ice Flood." The main image shows a man standing over another man in a makeshift boxing ring with a crowd all around them. The ...

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