The World's Heavyweight Championship Contest Between Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier
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G. L. (tex) Rickard
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Film Details
Release Date
Jan
1921
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not available
Production Company
Fred C. Quimby, Inc.
Country
United States
Synopsis
An account of Georges Carpentier's unsuccessful challenge of Jack Dempsey's heavyweight boxing championship in an open-air arena in Jersey City, New Jersey, 3 July 1921. Preliminary material includes Carpentier's arrival, inspection of the arena by various officials, Dempsey and Carpentier in training, and pre-bout excitement. The fight itself is ended by Dempsey's fourth-round knockout of Carpentier.
Film Details
Release Date
Jan
1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Fred C. Quimby, Inc.
Country
United States
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According to the New York Times account of the fight (4 July 1921, passim), Quimby had 20 cameras, including slow motion, in operation at the arena.
