The British Boxing Film

Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Introduction: The Rules of Boxing on Film
	References
Part I: The Silent Treatment
	Chapter 2: Opening Rounds: 1895–1918
		2.1 Celebrities and Comics
		2.2 Politics and Pugilism
		2.3 Boxing Melodrama
			2.3.1 1910s Boxing Film Champion: The House of Temperley (1913)
		References
	Chapter 3: The Plot Thickens: 1919–1928
		3.1 Actors Versus Boxers
		3.2 Boxing Shorts
		3.3 Silent Boxing Film Champion: The Ring (Alfred Hitchcock, 1928)
		References
Part II: The Sound Treatment
	Chapter 4: Boxing Sound and Vision: 1929–1939
		4.1 Fistic Funnymen (and a Dog)
		4.2 The East End, Ethnicity and Masculinity
		4.3 The 1930s Boxing Film Champion: There Ain’t No Justice (1939)
		References
	Chapter 5: The Post-war Return: 1945–1960
		5.1 Boxing Outsiders
		5.2 1950s and Sound Boxing Film Champion: The Square Ring (1953)
		5.3 Comic Irreverence and Ineptitude
		References
Part III: The Colour Treatment
	Chapter 6: Wider Representation: 1961–1999+
		6.1 Boxing at the Art House
		6.2 Boxing in the Provinces
			6.2.1 The 1990s Boxing Film Champion: The Big Man (1990)
		6.3 Boxing at the Margins
		References
	Chapter 7: Final Rounds: 2000–Present
		7.1 Boxing for Geezers
			7.1.1 The 2000s Boxing Film Champion: Shiner (2001)
		7.2 Boxing and the Biopic
		7.3 Boxing and ‘Retro’ Comedy
		7.4 2010s Boxing Film Champion: Journeyman (2017)
		References
	Chapter 8: Conclusion: The Judges’ Verdict
		References
Boxing Filmography
Bibliography
Index