The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)
1894 American film
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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 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]
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StarringHenry Welton and two of his cats
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- 1894
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| Starring | Henry Welton and two of his cats |
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Running time | 20 seconds at 27 fps[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film |
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
