The Champion (1915)

03/11/1915 (US) • 31m

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.

Top Billed Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Challenger

Edna Purviance

Trainer's Daughter

Ernest Van Pelt

Spike Dugan

Lloyd Bacon

Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee

Leo White

Crooked gambler

Carl Stockdale

Sparring Partner

Billy Armstrong

Sparring Partner

Paddy McGuire

Sparring Partner

Bud Jamison

Bob Uppercut, Champion


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Status

Released

Original Language

No Language

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

sports

black and white

silent film

boxing

short film

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