Dummy Mace (film)

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Dummy Mace
Directed by Franklyn Barrett
Produced by Franklyn Barrett
StarringDummy Mace
Tommy Macgregor
Cinematography Franklyn Barrett
Release date
  • 1901 (1901)
Running time
3 minutes
Country New Zealand

Dummy Mace is a 1901 New Zealand silent short film. [1] [2]

Contents

Plot

The film shows three rounds of a staged boxing match, with a third round knockout. [1]

Cast

Production

Alf Linley offered Franklyn Barrett finance to produce a boxing picture. [1] Barrett organised two boxers to stage a three one minute round boxing match on the back lawn of the Hotel Cecil. [1] Although Macgregor was to give a knockout blow on cue in the third round, Mace who was deaf, had misunderstood the arrangement and actually knocked out Macgregor. [1]

The resultant film did very good business when subsequently shown in the Federal Hall theatre in Manners Street Wellington. [1] [4]

Preservation status

This 1901 film was New Zealand's first boxing film and is now a lost film.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Film History: Where Wellington Stands". Dominion. No. 116. Papers Past. 10 February 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. "Page 6 Advertisements". No. 141. The Evening Post. 11 December 1901. p. 6. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. "Harry (Dummy) Mace picture". Trove . National Library of Australia . Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. "Federal Hall, Manners Street". No. 142. Evening Post. 12 December 1901. p. 6. Retrieved 25 December 2022.