The Champion
191531mNo ratings yet
- Comedy
Overview
Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.
Keywords
- black and white
- sports
- boxing
- silent film
- short film
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 11, 1915
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
- Cast
- Charlie Chaplin,Edna Purviance,Ernest Van Pelt,Lloyd Bacon,Leo White,Carl Stockdale,Billy Armstrong,Paddy McGuire,Bud Jamison,Ben Turpinand 3 more
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Writer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Producer
- Jess Robbins
- Cinematography
- Harry Ensign
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0005074