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Podcast: Matinees On Main Street: A Movie History Podcast
Episode: Episode 12: And The Winner Is...The Lathams Exhibit Boxing Films
Description: Otway and Gray Latham join with a few friends to convince the Edison Company to make a boxing film. The film will be show in their kinetoscope parlor set up in lower Manhattan, and would prove to be a success, at least for a time. This would be the first of a number of successes for the movies and boxing as they ally with each other for the mutual success of both. This episode includes a brief history of boxing up to this time.