Dummy Mace
Directed byFranklyn Barrett
Produced byFranklyn Barrett
StarringDummy Mace
Tommy Macgregor
CinematographyFranklyn Barrett
Release date
1901
Running time
3 minutes
CountryNew Zealand

Dummy Mace is a 1901 New Zealand short film.[1][2]

Plot

Three rounds of a staged boxing match, with a third round knockout.[1]

Cast

  • Tommy Macgregor - featherweight boxer (champion in New Zealand)
  • Harry "Dummy" Mace - middleweight boxer (champion in Australia)[3]

Production

Alf Linley offered Franklyn Barrett finance to produce a boxing picture.[1] Barrett organized 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]

Preservation status

This 1901 film was New Zealand's first boxing film and is now a lost film.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Film History: Where Wellington Stands". Dominion. No. 116. Papers Past. 10 February 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ↑ "Page 6 Advertisements". No. 141. The Evening Post. 11 December 1901. p. 6. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. ↑ "Harry (Dummy) Mace picture". Trove. National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Federal Hall, Manners Street". No. 142. Evening Post. 12 December 1901. p. 6. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
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