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Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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Corbett and Courtenay Before the Kinetograph
Also known as [The Corbett-Courtenay Fight], [The Corbett-Courtney Fight], [Jim Corbett vs. Peter Courtney]
(1894) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by W.K.L. Dickson
Cast: James J. Corbett [himself], Peter Courtenay [himself]
Edison Manufacturing Company production [?] for the Kinetoscope Exhibition Company?; distributed by Kinetoscope Exhibition Company. / Cinematography by William Heise. / © 17 November 1894 by Wm. K.L. Dickson [53707]. / Released late September 1894. / Kinetoscope 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Championship fight between Gentleman Jim Corbett and Pete Courtenay shot on 7 September 1894 in the Edison Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey. Filmed on successive reels for viewing in Kinetoscopes. Reel lengths were 1:16, 1:24, 1:12, 1:29, 1:23, 0:50 seconds. [?] Dickson copyright registrations of Edison materials were transferred to Thomas A. Edison in September 1894; is the copyright or transfer date incorrect?
Documentary: Sports: Boxing match.
Synopsis: [From a F.M. Prescott catalog, page ?] This fight consists of six rounds, each round on a film 150 feet long. It is not a fac-simile or a “fake” of any description, but an actual contest between James J. Corbett, former champion of the world, and Peter Courtney. The films are listed as “1st Round,” “2nd Round,” “3rd Round,” “4th Round,” “5th Round,” and “6th Round” . . . Price, 45.00 each. // [From Edison promotional materials] This is not a fac-simile or a fake of any description, but an actual contest between James J. Corbett, former champion of the world, and Peter Courteney. The fight consists of six rounds, each round contains 150 feet. Price, each round, 22.50.
Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (Gordon Hendricks collection) [35mm preservation positive, 35mm viewing positive (incomplete print of a single round, 17 feet, FEC 8090)]; and in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Athletes: Boxers - Sports: Boxing
Listing updated: 24 January 2009.
References: Film viewing : Blum-Silent p. 8; Leyda-Before pp. 39-40; Magliozzi-Treasures n. 3656; Musser-Emerge pp. 83-84, 96, 169, 193, 194, 600; Pitts-Hollywood p. 2; Ramsaye-Million pp. 110, 114a, 115; Robinson-Palace pp. 45, 47, 48, 82; Shipman-Cinema p. 10; Sklar-Movie p. 8 : FilmHistory-3-3 p. 252 : Website-LoC.
Home video: DVD.
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