Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph
Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph also known as Edison Kinetoscopic Record of Boxers and The CorbettCourtney Fight is an 1894 American short blackandwhite silent film produced by William K.L. Dickson and starring James J. Corbett. It was only the second boxing match to be filmed following The LeonardCushing fight which had been filmed by Dickson on June 14, 1894.
James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney both take part in a specially arranged boxing match under special conditions that allow for it to be filmed and displayed on a Kinetograph. The match consists of six oneminute rounds. James J. Corbett was a boxing hero of the time while Courtney was the underdog.The film was produced by the Edison Manufacturing Company, which had begun making films in 1890 under the direction of one of the earliest pioneers to film William K.L. Dickson. It was filmed entirely within the Black Maria studio at West Orange, New Jersey, in the USA, which is widely referred to as Americas First Movie Studio. It was filmed on September 7, 1894. ........
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