GREAT FIGHT FILMS.
A HIDDEN OPERATOR. LAWSUIT IMPENDING. London. July 20. Cinemalograph patrons in England are chuckling over h delightful comedy concerning the pictures of the Dempsey-Car-pentier tight. The first act opens with the arrival in I'.'nglam] of an American hustler with what, is purported to be. an official copy, the rights for which many thousands of pounds’sterling were said io have been paid. Between 209 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 jiictures were not official. They were taken by an operator concealed in an enipt}* water tank on a roof overlooking the arena, a telescopic lens being used. The second act commences with the arrival of an agent for the official films. Telegraphs and telephones were .-It once started franctically buzzing, and the first serials were hurriedly withdrawn. 'j'bc final act centres in a. High Court application for an inju.netion.
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Taranaki Daily News, 12 August 1921, Page 8
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