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Laura Comstock’s Bag-Punching Dog
(1901) United States of America
B&W : 103 feet
Directed by [?] Edwin S. Porter?
Cast: Laura Comstock [herself], Mannie the dog.
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / Cinematography by Edwin S. Porter. / © 6 May 1901 by Thomas A. Edison [H4086]. Released 27 April 1901. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Edison production? number 5227. Edison telegraphic orders code name: Ungainful.
Performance.
Synopsis: Mannie the dog appears with his owner in the opening shot. The following shot shows the dog leaping up many times to box a punching bag suspended over his head. // [From Edison promotional materials] This wonderful dog “Mannie,” owned by the vaudeville star, Miss Laura Comstock, is a most learned animal. He has been trained to perform all sorts of tricks, and his intelligence is, perhaps, most marked in his latest and most difficult feat, that of punching the bag. This picture depicts him in a bag punching performance which is really wonderful. His high jumps and lightning-like punches are remarkable and cause one to marvel at the amount of patience that must be necessary to teach a dog such tricks.
Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Animals: Dogs
Listing updated: 24 January 2009.
References: Film viewing : Website-AFI.
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