James J. Corbett

Actors' Fund Field Day

George Bickel, George M. Cohan

It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Regular village "cut-ups" are those actor chaps and actresses.

Happy Days

Benjamin Stoloff

Stuart Erwin, Marjorie White

Margie, singer on a showboat, decides to try her luck in New York inspite of being in love with the owners grandson. She is successful, but suddenly she hears that the showboat is in deep financial trouble, and she calls all the boats former stars to join in a big show to rescue it.

The Beauty Shop

Edward Dillon

Raymond Hitchcock, Diana Allen

Dr. Budd is a New York physician specializing in "beauty". His business is successful but he is still plagued by money problems. One day he gets an idea--he obtains the coat-of-arms of a long-forgotten Italian noble family, the Bolognias, and uses it as his logo on his line of beauty products.

Corbett and Courtney Before the Kinetograph

William Heise, William K.L. Dickson

James J. Corbett, Peter Courtney

James J. Corbett and Peter Courtney meet in a boxing exhibition.

The Corbett-Fitzsimmons Fight

Enoch J. Rector

James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons

This legendary fight was filmed on March 17, 1897, using 63mm film that produced an aspect ratio of about 1.75:1. Using three adjacent cameras, Enoch Rector recorded the entire fight, simultaneously creating the world's first known feature film, as the resulting footage lasted over 90 minutes in length. About a quarter of the film survives today.