FILM FARCE.
DEMPSEYCARPENTIER FIGHT
YANKEE ENTERPRISE',
LONDON, July 26,
Film patrons in England are chuckling over a delightful-comedy concerning (he pictures of the Dempsey-Cnrpentler fight. The first act opens with the arrival in England of a. Yankee hustler with what is purported to tie an official copy, the rights lor which many thousands of pounds sterling were said to have been paid. Between 200 and 300 copies were distributed broadcast, and shown at the principal picture houses. The film was reviewed at great, length, and praised by the press, In reality the pictures were not official. They were’ taken by an operator concealed in an empty water tank on the roof overlooking the arena, a telescopic lens being used. -ii The 'second act commences with rite arrival of an agent for the official films. Telegraphs and telephones were at once started frantically- buzzing, and the first serials were hurriedly withdrawn. The final act centres in a high court application for an injunction.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 397, 11 August 1921, Page 6
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162FILM FARCE. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 397, 11 August 1921, Page 6
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