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''The Leather Pushers'' is a 1922 American
''The Leather Pushers''
at silentera.com
film serial
A serial film, film serial (or just serial), movie serial, or chapter play, is a motion picture form popular during the first half of the 20th century, consisting of a series of short subjects exhibited in consecutive order at one theater, gene ...
starring Reginald Denny (and Billy Sullivan in the fourth series), and based on boxing stories by H. C. Witwer
Harry Charles Witwer (March 11, 1890 – August 9, 1929), more commonly known as H. C. Witwer, was an American short-story author. Some 60 comedy film shorts were based on his works, most from the mid-1920s to 1930, the year after Witwer's deat ...
originally published in ''Collier's Weekly
''Collier's'' was an American general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. It was launched as ''Collier's Once a Week'', then renamed in 1895 as ''Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal'', shortened in 1905 to ''Colli ...
''. The screenplays were written by a young Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902December 22, 1979) was an American film producer and studio executive; he earlier contributed stories for films starting in the silent era. He played a major part in the Hollywood studio system as one of ...
.Gussow, Mel (1971), ''Darryl F. Zanuck: Don't Say Yes Until I Finish Talking'', Da Capo Press, p. 29
List of Episodes
*1: Let's Go *2: Round Two *3: Payment Through the Nose *4: A Fool and His Honey *5: The Taming of the Shrewd *6: Whipsawed *7: Young King Cole *8: He Raised Kane *9: The Chickasha Bone Crusher *10: When Kane Met Abel *11: Strike Father, Strike Son *12: Joan of Newark *13: The Wandering Two *14: The Widower's Mite *15: Don Coyote *16: Something for Nothing *17: Columbia, the Gem and the Ocean *18: Barnaby's Grudge
Preservation status
Only episodes 2 and 3 exist, along with a trailer for the series.at silentera.com
See also
*List of boxing films
This is a list of films about boxing, featuring notable sports films where boxing plays a central role in the development of the plot.
The Patent Leather Kid
1927
A self-centered boxer learns the meaning of patriotism on the battlefield durin ...
*List of film serials
A list of film serials by year of release.
1910s
1920s
1930s
Films still exist from this point on unless noted otherwise:
1940s
1950s
See also
* Serial (film)
* List of film serials by studio
References
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References
External links
* 1922 films 1922 drama films 1920s sports drama films American black-and-white films American boxing films American silent serial films American sports drama films Films based on short fiction Universal Pictures film serials 1920s American films Silent American drama films 1920s English-language films Silent sports drama films Films shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey {{1920s-drama-film-stub