Quartile rating: 5.5/10 · 1 rating
"A glove contest between trained cats. A very comical and amusing subject, and is sure to create a great laugh." (by Edison Films)
A 30-second Edison novelty film from 1894 featuring cats boxing in tiny gloves — there is essentially no plot or ending to evaluate, and 'acting' is just cats being cats. However, as an artifact of early cinema, it is genuinely singular: one of the earliest animal-novelty films ever made, capturing a bizarre and charming moment in film history. Its Novelty is legitimately high as a truly one-of-a-kind historical curiosity. Cinematography is primitive but functional for its era.