Dancing boxing match, Montgomery and Stone

Very short vaudeville turn from the well-known team of Montgomery and Stone. Appears to have been filmed outdoors in front of black paper taped up on a wall as a backdrop. Two men box in a comedic manner, with the film opening as one man in a cap punches the other and then ducks behind him. The second man swings wildly through the air, causing him to fall down in an acrobatic shoulder roll that in turn propels him back to a standing position. He turns and finds his opponent, then approaches him swinging as the film ends abruptly.

H93358 U.S. Copyright Office

Copyright: The Winthrop Moving Picture Co.; 7May1907; H93358.

Original main title lacking.

Performers: David Craig Montgomery, Fred A. Stone.

Duration: 0:05 at 13 fps.

Materials listed originate from the paper print chosen best copy of two for digitization; for other holdings on this title, see the M/B/RS Paper Print database.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.

NCN046295; Dancing boxing match, Montgomery and Stone.

Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K.R. Early motion pictures, 1985; AFI cat.: film beginnings, 1893-1910, 1995.

Received: 3/21/95 from LC film lab; arch pos; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 2/1/95 from LC film lab; arch neg; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 4/12/95 from LC film lab; masterpos; preservation; Paper Print Collection.

Received: 5/7/07; paper pos; copyright deposit; Paper Print Collection.

boxers sports drama boxing silent films slapstick comedies vaudeville shorts variety stage sound recordings and motion pictures motion picture broadcasting and recorded sound division david craig montgomery paper print collection library of congress fred stone winthrop moving picture company film video library of congress

01/01/1907

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