Film, Video Gordon Sisters boxing

Title

• Gordon Sisters boxing

Summary

• Two women on a stage approach from either side of the painted backdrop of a garden and engage in a boxing match. Both the boxing gloves and the hits exchanged between the women seem genuine. One woman wears a modest white dress with long sleeves and a skirt to mid-calf, dark stockings, and laced boots. The other woman--taller, thinner, and perhaps younger--sports a shorter, dark, sleeveless dress and the same dark stockings and boots.
• "Champion lady boxers of the world. Here we depict two female pugilists that are really clever. They are engaged in a hot and heavy one-round sparring exhibition, which is photographed against a very pleasing background, consisting of a park, with marble entrance and walk, and beautiful trees and shrubbery. The exhibition is very lively from start to finish; the blows fall thick and fast, and some very clever pugilistic generalship is exhibited. Length 100 feet"--Edison films catalog.

Names

• Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
• Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

• United States : Edison Manufacturing Co., 1901.

Headings

• -  Gordon Sisters
• -  Women boxers--United States
• -  Sisters--United States

Genre

• Filmed boxing matches
• Filmed vaudeville acts
• Silent films
• Short films
• Nonfiction films

Notes

• -  H4083 U.S. Copyright Office
• -  Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 6May01; H4083.
• -  Original main title lacking.
• -  Performers: the Gordon Sisters.
• -  There were at least three boxing Gordon Sisters; the performers in this film may be Bessie and Minnie.
• -  Duration: 1:36 at 19 fps.
• -  Paper print shelf number (LC 1628) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
• -  Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian.
• -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as digital files.
• -  Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 123; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 51; AFI cat.: film beginnings, 1893-1910; New York clipper, November 15, 1902.
• -  Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
• -  35 mm dupe neg pic renumbered: FPE 7599 to FZA 2627.
• -  Viewing print and dupe neg pic (35 mm.) include pullbacks and almost 1 ft. of black; these printing errors do not appear in the digital file.

Medium

• viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (51 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
• viewing print 1 film reel of 1 (115 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
• dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (51 ft.) : si., b&w ; 16 mm.
• dupe neg pic 1 film reel of 1 (115 ft.) : si., b&w ; 35 mm.
• paper pos 1 roll of 1 (ca. 120 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.
• paper pos (copy 2) 1 roll of 1 (ca. 120 ft.) : b&w ; 35 mm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• FLA 4642 (viewing print)
• FEC 1125 (viewing print)
• FRA 1672 (dupe neg pic)
• FZA 2627 (dupe neg pic)
• Box 0146C (paper pos)
• Box 5115C (paper pos, copy 2)

Repository

• Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu

Digital Id

• http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/varsmp.1628

Library of Congress Control Number

• 96514927

Online Format

• image
• video

LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/96514927

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• MARCXML Record
• MODS Record
• Dublin Core Record