The Gordon Sisters Boxing

The Gordon Sisters Boxing
Directed byThomas A. Edison[citation needed]
Produced byEdison Manufacturing Co.
Release date
  • May 6, 1901 (1901-05-06)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent..English titles

The Gordon Sisters Boxing is an American short black-and-white silent film directed by Thomas A. Edison. It is one of the earliest female boxing movies. Edison’s film catalogue describes the film as follows: “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.”[1]

In an analysis of boxing in the context of modernism, Irene Gammel argues that the scene’s “symmetry and beauty [gesture] towards the artfulness of boxing as a cultivated sport.” In addition, she argues that the women’s choreographed movement shows “their boldly modern female physicality and sportsmanship.”[2]

Cast

Actors Characters
Bessie Gordon Boxer In Black
Minnie Gordon Boxer In White

See also

References

  1. ^ “Gordon Sisters boxing / Thomas A. Edison, Inc.” The Library of Congress.
  2. ^ Gammel, Irene. "Lacing up the Gloves: Women, Boxing and Modernity." Cultural and Social History 9.3 (2012), 382.


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