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Pamphlet advertising a film on Les Darcy, "The Heart of a Champion"

1915

Australian Sports Museum

Australian Sports Museum
East Melbourne, Australia

Pamphlet, black ink on yellowed paper. Single fold, the front cover shows a bare-chested young man in shorts and shoes striking a boxing pose, with the text to the right reading, "The John Matthews Photo Play Company / Present / LES. DARCY / Middleweight Champion / Of the World / in the Beautiful Life Drama / The HEART / OF A / CHAMPION / A 2000ft Feature Film". The inside shows four stills from the film, continuing the plot outline started on the front cover, which also takes up the entire back cover.

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  • Title: Pamphlet advertising a film on Les Darcy, "The Heart of a Champion"
  • Date Created: 1915
  • Provenance: Kindly donated to the Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum by the Honourable Maurice O'Sullivan.
  • Medium: Paper; Ink
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