{"product_id":"sucker-punch-boxing-films-of-the-1930s-40s-and-50s-9781911105695","title":"Sucker Punch: Boxing Films of the 1930s, 40s and 50s","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Amanda J. Field\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Chaplin Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Chaplin Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Film - History \u0026amp; Criticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 1930s, 40s and 50s were the heyday of the boxing film, attracting some of the biggest stars of the time - including Errol Flynn, James Cagney, Kirk Douglas and Paul Newman - and some of the best directors. Yet it is a genre that has received little critical attention apart from a few films singled out because they can be categorised as 'film noir'. It would be easy to assume, therefore, that the typical boxing film of this period was a dark melodrama with the tragic and doomed figure of the boxer at its centre, but that gives a false picture of a genre that included comedies and costume dramas among its 130-plus films.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSucker Punch\u003c\/em\u003e invites the reader to take a wider look at the scope and breadth of the genre by providing a detailed discussion of 20 boxing films - a selection from each decade - from Hollywood and British studios. Some, such as \u003cem\u003eBody and Soul\u003c\/em\u003e, have become part of the established 'canon' of Film Studies, while lighter fare, such as \u003cem\u003eRingside Maisie\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eGentleman Jim\u003c\/em\u003e, have been overlooked by the critics but are worthy of re-examination - not simply because they are enjoyable films in their own right, but also because they offer insights into social attitudes of the times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book draws on contemporary sources, such as trade-paper film reviews, as well as modern academic criticism, to build a highly readable account of the development of the boxing genre and its narrative conventions. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chaplin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45532461105303,"sku":"9781911105695","price":1718.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781911105695.webp?v=1768589124","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/sucker-punch-boxing-films-of-the-1930s-40s-and-50s-9781911105695","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}