Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog (1901)

2m
Running Time

April 27, 1901
Release Date

Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog (1901)

2m
Running Time

April 27, 1901
Release Date

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Edison Manufacturing Company

Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

Laura Comstock

Laura Comstock

Herself

Edwin S. Porter

Edwin S. Porter

Director

Details.

Release Date
April 27, 1901

Status
Released

Running Time
2m

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sport
dog
silent film

Wiki.

Laura Comstock's Bag-Punching Dog is a 1901 silent short film directed by Edwin S. Porter. The film depicts a vaudeville act featuring Laura Comstock and her trained dog, a pit bull named Mannie. Comstock's act was currently appearing at Keith's Union Square Theatre.

The film begins with a five-second shot of Comstock and her dog seated at a table and looking at the camera, with a sign in the foreground that says "Laura Comstock". Following this, the rest of the film shows Mannie in front of a rustic backdrop, repeatedly jumping and punching a bag suspended by a rope.

Edison's film catalog said that Mannie's "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."

The technique of opening a film with a portrait-style shot of the performers was new to film. This was an innovation by Porter based on the practice of showing lantern-slide photos preceding the exhibition of filmed scenes. It proved influential, and was adopted by other American producers during this period.

Mannie appeared in a number of subsequent Edison films, including several Buster Brown shorts, the Happy Hooligan short Pie, Tramp and the Bulldog, and The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog.

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