The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's) Explained

The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)
Italic Title:	no
Starring:	Henry Welton and two of his cats
Studio:	Edison Manufacturing Company
Runtime:	20 seconds at 27 fps^[1]
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent film

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. The two cats were members of Welton's touring "cat circus",^{[3] [4]} which reportedly also featured cats riding bicycles.^[5]

The Boxing Cats was filmed in Thomas Edison's Black Maria studio in West Orange, New Jersey, on 35 mm. The film has been described as a precursor to cat videos popular on the Internet.

See also

• Men Boxing, an 1891 film also directed by Dickson and Heise

Further reading

• Web site: Anatomy of a Scene: The Part of "The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's)" Where the Cats Are Boxing. Dessem. Matthew. July 7, 2018. Slate. September 16, 2021.

External links

• • The Boxing Cats (Prof. Welton's) at the Library of Congress

Notes and References

1. Web site: The boxing cats (Prof. Welton's). LoC.gov. Library of Congress. September 16, 2021.
2. Web site: This Feline Boxing Match From 1894 Is a Precursor to the Cat Video. Waters. Michael. June 19, 2017. Atlas Obscura. September 16, 2021.
3. Book: Florin. Bo. de Klerk. Nico. Vonderau. Patrick. 2017. Films that Sell: Moving Pictures and Advertising. British Film Institute. 978-1844578924.
4. Book: Gray, Frank. 2019. The Brighton School and the Birth of British Film. Palgrave Macmillan. 978-3030175047.
5. Web site: This Caturday, Watch Two Kitties Duke It Out in the World's Oldest Cat 'Video'. Gutoskey. Ellen. August 17, 2019. Mental Floss. September 16, 2021.