
A young man has a chance to become partners in an auto-repair business, but he doesn't have the money. In order to come up with some quick cash, he decides to temporarily become a professional boxer.


The Unlikely Pugilist: A Deep Dive into 'Battling Bunyan' (1923) In the bustling, often unforgiving landscape of early 20th-century America, where opportunity often danced tantalizingly out of reach for the common man, the silent film 'Battling Bunyan' emerges as a fascinating cinematic artifact. Released in ...


Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.

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" The Unlikely Pugilist: A Deep Dive into 'Battling Bunyan' (1923) In the bustling, often unforgiving landscape of early 20th-century America, where opportunity often danced tantalizingly out of reach for the common man, the silent film 'Battling Bunyan' emerges as a fascinating cinematic artifact. Released in 1923, this picture delves into a narrative premise as simple as it is audacious: a young man, utterly devoid of athletic grace or pugilistic acumen, decides to don boxing gloves to..."
Raymond Leslie Goldman, Jefferson Moffitt, Ford Beebe
United States

