Shot against a painted backdrop of river with town on other bank & mountains behind. Throwing medicine ball while group of men watch, at least one black. He stands up & gets hit on head with ball. Jeffries shadow boxing & dancing with weights in hands. Sparring barehanded, or wrestling with another man.
Watch the official Jeffries in His Training Quarters 1901 trailer in HD below.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1901:
13 December 1901
A man tries to climb ito bed to get a night's sleep. Every time he does, the bed suddenly is someplace else and he falls on the floor.
11 November 1901
A most perfect picture of the Pan-American Exposition buildings, including the Electric Tower and Temple of Music, as they appear at night.
04 May 1901
In 1901 people in Belfast paid their tram drivers in carrots.
03 February 1901
An impression of the funeral parade for Victoria, Queen of England, filmed in London (via https://catalogue-lumiere.
01 August 1901
An inventive use of slow-motion filming helps hammer home the gag as an unconvincing 'Indian chief' hopes to dissolve some trapped wind with a popular brand of indigestion powder.
14 December 1901
Another fine picture of the champion going through his side-stepping tactics which have made him famous.
21 August 1901
Here we have recorded a very novel scene, the camera having been placed in the basket of the captive balloon at the Pan-American Exposition.
20 May 1901
Six scantily dressed women chat while freshening up. At the instigation of one of them, all get up and perform a brief choreography.
08 August 1901
“The picture [shows] a number of Esquimaux picking nickels from cracks in a board with their dog whips, in which sport they are very expert.
01 January 1901
Only part of the film has survived.
Have you watched Jeffries in His Training Quarters yet? What did you think about it?
