Glenroy Bros., (no. 2) (1894)

Original title

Glenroy Bros., No. 2

Directed by

William Heise, William Kennedy Dickson

Genre

comedy film, silent film, boxing film

Country

United States

Runtime

27 min

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 24 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two brothers box each other in a short comedic act. The film shows their playful fight.

fast-pacedcomicalplayfulphysicallighthearteddatedraw

What happens

Glenroy Bros., (no. 2), also known as Comic Boxing: The Glenroy Brothers is an 1894 American silent film from Edison Studios. It is 26- or 18-second long and shows the Glenroy Brothers boxing. The film, considered a comedy, was made by early summer 1894. K.W. Johnson calls it "beatings framed as slapstick". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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