The Man to Beat Jack Johnson
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2016}}
{{More citations needed|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Man to Beat Jack Johnson
| image = TheMantoBeatJackJohnson.jpg
| caption = Screenshot from the film
| director =
| producer = Walter Tyler
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = Willy Sanders
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| studio = Tyler Film Company
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1910||}}
| runtime = 3 mins 7 secs
| country = United Kingdom
| language = Silent
| budget =
}}
The Man to Beat Jack Johnson is a 1910 British short black-and-white silent comedy film, produced by the Tyler Film Company, featuring four-year-old Willy Sanders demonstrating his boxing and wrestling skills against an adult opponent.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Description
The film "has the feel of a filmed music hall act (which it may have been)" thanks, according to Michael Brooke of BFI Screenonline, to a, "simple idea (and a slightly disturbing one)", which is, "primitive in its execution". A clip from this film is featured in Paul Merton's interactive guide to early British silent comedy How They Laughed.{{cite web |title=The Man to Beat Jack Johnson |first=Michael |last=Brooke |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/437572/index.html |work=BFI Screenonline |date= |accessdate=2011-04-24}}{{cite web |title=The Man to Beat Jack Johnson |first= |last= |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/39820 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023232404/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/39820 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-23 |work=BFI Film & TV Database |date= |accessdate=2011-04-24}}{{cite web |title=How They Laughed |first=Paul |last=Merton |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/444555/index.html |work=BFI Screenonline |date= |accessdate=2011-04-24}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0470430|title=The Man to Beat Jack Johnson}}
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Category:British black-and-white films
Category:Silent British sports comedy films
Category:Silent British comedy short films
Category:1910s sports comedy films
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