Those persons who have been concerned with the exploitation of Dempsey-Gibbons " fight films" know well that:
The Act of Congress of July 31, 1921, prohibits the interstate transportation of " any film or other pictorial representation of any prizefight or encounter of pugilists, under whatever name, which is designed to be used or may be used for purposes of exhibition."
And that the statute, which was a result of the Jeffries-Johnson fight, is unusually strict, in that it forbids any person to take anything from the mails, or from any express company or...
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