With the film being based around this one fight, you know that this is sport.
"Corbett & Courtney: Before the Kinetograph" was a short American short black and white film produced by William K.L. Dickinson, starring James J. Corbett. It was only the second boxing match to be filmed after The Leonard-Cushing Fight which had been filmed by Dickinson on June 14 1894. The main two people that starred in the movie were James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney
-The Plot
James J. Corbett & Peter Courtney were both involved in an arranged boxing match under special conditions that it was allowed to be filmed on a Kinetograph. The match consisted of 6, 1 minute rounds, where James J. Corbett was the boxing hero at the time and Peter Courtney was the underdog of the match.
-Production
The film was produced by Edison Manufacturing Company, which had begun making films in 1890 under the direction of William K.L. Dickinson. The entire film, was filmed within the Black Maria studio at West Orange, New Jersey, which is now modernly referred to as "America's First Film Studio"
-Now
The film is now not protected by the copyright laws so therefore it is freely available to download on the internet, however there is a copy kept at 'The Library of Congress"
-Our Film
This boxing film was the start of a new sport, beginning of a super popular sport & the start of sports such as MMA and UFC, taking basic boxing and creating much more with it. This creates a more physical and contact sport.
-More & More
More & More boxing films are being released near to every year being a new one, a new film called "Warrior" is based on 1 man fighting his brother for the UFC world heavyweight title. This is very similar to what we are doing with our film.
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