Dummy Mace | |
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Directed by | Franklyn Barrett |
Produced by | Franklyn Barrett |
Starring | Dummy Mace Tommy Macgregor |
Cinematography | Franklyn Barrett |
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Running time | 3 minutes |
Country | New Zealand |
Dummy Mace is a 1901 New Zealand silent short film. [1] [2]
The film shows three rounds of a staged boxing match, with a third round knockout. [1]
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]
This 1901 film was New Zealand's first boxing film and is now a lost film.