Glenroy Bros., No. 2
About Glenroy Bros., No. 2
The Glenroy Brothers play part of their vaudeville turn, The Comic View of Boxing: The Tramp and the Athlete. One boxes in form. The other, dressed as a tramp, copies him and goes over.
Cast & crew
More about Glenroy Bros., No. 2
William K. L. Dickson produced it. William Heise photographed it. Both are credited as directors. It was made by early summer 1894 for the Kinetoscope. Wikidata times it at 27 seconds. The English Wikipedia also gives 26 seconds and 18 seconds.
Themes
Reviews
K. W. Johnson describes the boxing as beatings framed as slapstick.
Look
William Heise shot the two men full length in the Black Maria.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- Another title is Comic Boxing: The Glenroy Brothers.
- K. W. Johnson has called the film beatings framed as slapstick.
Scenes
- The tramp takes the athlete's stance and falls.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Glenroy Brothers (1894).webm)
