Dummy Mace (film)

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

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

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. "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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