| Dummy Mace | |
| Director: | Franklyn Barrett |
| Producer: | Franklyn Barrett |
| Starring: | Dummy Mace Tommy Macgregor |
| Cinematography: | Franklyn Barrett |
| Runtime: | 3 minutes |
| Country: | New Zealand |
Dummy Mace is a 1901 New Zealand silent short film.[1] [2]
The film shows three rounds of a staged boxing match, with a third round knockout.[1]
Alf Linley offered Franklyn Barrett finance to produce a boxing picture.[1] Barrett organised two boxers to stage a three one minute round boxing match on the back lawn of the Hotel Cecil.[1] Although Macgregor was to give a knockout blow on cue in the third round, Mace who was deaf, had misunderstood the arrangement and actually knocked out Macgregor.[1]
The resultant film did very good business when subsequently shown in the Federal Hall theatre in Manners Street Wellington.[1] [4]
This 1901 film was New Zealand's first boxing film and is now a lost film.