| 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.
Plot
The film shows three rounds of a staged boxing match, with a third round knockout.
Cast
- Tommy Macgregor - featherweight boxer (champion in New Zealand)
- Harry "Dummy" Mace - middleweight boxer (champion in Australia)
Production
Alf Linley offered Franklyn Barrett finance to produce a boxing picture. Barrett organised two boxers to stage a three one minute round boxing match on the back lawn of the Hotel Cecil. 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.
The resultant film did very good business when subsequently shown in the Federal Hall theatre in Manners Street Wellington.
Preservation status
This 1901 film was New Zealand's first boxing film and is now a lost film.
References
- ^ "Film History: Where Wellington Stands". Dominion. No. 116. Papers Past. 10 February 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- "Page 6 Advertisements". No. 141. The Evening Post. 11 December 1901. p. 6. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- "Harry (Dummy) Mace picture". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- "Federal Hall, Manners Street". No. 142. Evening Post. 12 December 1901. p. 6. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
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