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Johnson-Burns Fight
(1908) Australia
B&W : Short film
Directed by Ernest Higgins

Cast: Jack Johnson [himself], Tommy Burns [himself], Hugh McIntosh [referee]

Cinematography by Ernest Higgins. / Premiered 29 December 1908 at The Stadium in Sydney, Australia. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot on 26 December 1908. [?] Reade-Australian p. ? provides information on the Australian release, plus the references to Higgins and McIntosh, and a possible reference to Allan Hamilton as director; FilmHistory-3-3 p. 255 lists the film as a Gaumont-William A. Brady film; distributed by Jury’s Imperial Pictures in the United Kingdom, at 3000 and at 4000 feet, and lists the fight date; a second listing in FilmHistory-3-3 p. 255 lists a Johns-Burns Fight as produced by Ernest Higgins, and a Australian release date of 29 December 1908; the FilmHistory-3-3 references do not emphatically rule out the film as an Australian production, nor do they convince that these are two separate films.

Documentary: Sports: Boxing match.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Keywords: Athletes: Boxers - Sports: Boxing

Listing updated: 11 December 2024.

References: Reade-Australian pp. 36, 39, 52, 174 : FilmHistory-3-3 p. 255 : Website-IMDb.

 
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