Word: prizefight
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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...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...
Since, however, it is not illegal to exhibit prizefight films, the law has become almost a dead letter, except in cases where an attempt has been made to import prizefight pictures into the United States, when a customs inspection can be made. The reason is that if the pictures can be successfully smuggled into a state, the government cannot prevent exhibition. Congress can regulate commerce, but it cannot prevent the showing of pictures any more than it could stop the sale of liquor before the Eighteenth Amendment...