The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)

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The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)
The film
Directed by
StarringHenry Welton
Production
company
Release date
1894
Running time
20 seconds at 27 fps[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent film

The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's), or simply Boxing Cats,[2] is an 1894 American short silent film directed by William K.L. Dickson and William Heise, and starring Henry Welton. It depicts a boxing match between two cats, each of which is wearing a pair of boxing gloves.[1] The two cats were members of Welton's touring "cat circus",[3][4] which reportedly also featured cats riding bicycles.[5]

The Boxing Cats was filmed in Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey, on 35 mm.[1] The film has been described as a precursor to cat videos popular on the Internet.[2][5]

See also[]

  • Men Boxing, an 1891 film also directed by Dickson and Heise

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "The boxing cats (Prof. Welton's)". LoC.gov. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Waters, Michael (June 19, 2017). "This Feline Boxing Match From 1894 Is a Precursor to the Cat Video". Atlas Obscura. Retrieved September 16, 2021.
  3. ^ Florin, Bo; de Klerk, Nico; Vonderau, Patrick, eds. (2017). Films that Sell: Moving Pictures and Advertising. British Film Institute. ISBN 978-1844578924.
  4. ^ Gray, Frank (2019). The Brighton School and the Birth of British Film. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-3030175047.
  5. ^ a b Gutoskey, Ellen (August 17, 2019). "This Caturday, Watch Two Kitties Duke It Out in the World's Oldest Cat 'Video'". Mental Floss. Retrieved September 16, 2021.

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