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Showing posts with label Jack Johnson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jack Johnson. Show all posts
Monday, May 23, 2022

Wonder Theater of the World -- May 23, 2022

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Dallas Express , 27-May-1922 I greatly admire John Harris, owner and manager of the Grand Central Theater in Dallas, who had a policy of s...
Saturday, February 26, 2022

With a Cast of Colored Artists -- February 26, 2022

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Wichita Eagle , 26-February-1922 The Burden of Race was a race film made by Reol Productions in 1921. Arkansas Democrat , 12-February-1...
Tuesday, December 28, 2021

Oscar Micheaux Presents a Great Colored Picture -- December 28, 2021

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Evening Capital and Maryland Gazette , 17-December-1921 The Star Theater in Washington advertised two race films, The Black Thunderbolt s...
Friday, December 17, 2021

161,325 People Have Seen the Jeffries Johnson Fight Pictures -- December 17, 2021

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James J Jeffries had been heavyweight boxing champion from 1899 to 1905, when he retired undefeated. He came back in 1910 to answer the p...
Friday, April 5, 2019

U.S. Prize Fight Ban Off, RKO Takes Over -- April 5, 2019

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Motion Picture Herald , 20-July-1940 Many cities and states, fearing racial unrest, banned films of the 04-July-1910 fight between hea...
Saturday, February 17, 2018

Who Will Win? -- February 17, 2018

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Moving Picture World , 17-March-1912 Jack Johnson was one of the greatest heavyweight champions.  Racists hated that he was African-Amer...
Saturday, September 9, 2017

Proclaimed by Press and Public to be the Greatest of all Film Battles -- September 9, 2017

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Moving Picture World , 06-August-1910 James J Jeffries had been heavyweight boxing champion from 1899 to 1905, when he retired undefea...
Monday, April 28, 2014

Educational -- Inspiring -- Clean -- Thrilling -- Historical -- April 28, 2014

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On 25-March-1916, heavyweight champion Jess Willard, the Pottawatomie Giant, defended his title against Frank Moran, the Fighting Dentist...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Jeffries-Johnson and Gotch-Zbysko -- February 26. 2014

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This page from the 09-July-1910 Moving Picture World has ads for two kinds of fight films.  The Frank Gotch-Stanislaus Zbysko profession...