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An Unexpected Knockout
(1901) United States of America
B&W : [?] 21 or 151? feet
Directed by Wallace McCutcheon

Cast: (unknown)

American Mutoscope Company production; distributed by American Mutoscope Company. / Produced by [?] Wallace McCutcheon? Cinematography by Frederick S. Armitage. / © 10 April 1902 by American Mutoscope & Biograph Company [H16345]. Released late June 1901. / Mutoscope 68mm spherical 1.36:1 format. / The production was shot on 7 June 1901 in American Mutoscope’s New York, New York, rooftop studio.

Comedy.

Synopsis: [Biograph’s Picture Catalogue, November 1902, page 46] Two Boys are fighting over a game. An inquisitive old gentleman interferes and urges them on. One seizes a bag of flour and attempts to strike the other. The intended victim ducks, and the old gentleman gets the contents of the bag.

Survival status: Print exists in the Library of Congress film archive (American Film Institute collection).

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 31 August 2023.

References: Leyda-Before pp. 39, 81, 103 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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