Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (Short 1894)
33KCorbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph: Directed by William K.L. Dickson, William Heise. With James J. Corbett, Peter Courtney. James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.
“Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph (1894) u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIu0026#39;m not sure if James Corbettu0026#39;s name is well known today but he is considered the father of modern boxing and some might remember him as the character Errol Flynn played in Gentleman Jim in 1942. Apparently this was an actual fight with certain conditions set early on so that Edison could film it. From what Iu0026#39;ve read there were six, one-minute rounds but only the footage here seems to remain. This short runs twice as long as the rest of Edisonu0026#39;s work from this period but thatu0026#39;s still not long enough to fully enjoy seeing Corbett but itu0026#39;s still great to see what we have. Apparently this was a tremendous hit and countless other boxing films followed.”
