The Champion
The Champion
Release: 1915-03-11
·Runtime: 31m
·★ 6.5
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Cast
Edna Purviance
as Trainer's Daughter
Lloyd Bacon
as Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee
Leo White
as Crooked gambler
Carl Stockdale
as Sparring Partner
Ben Turpin
as Ringside vendor
Charlie Chaplin
as Challenger
Billy Armstrong
as Sparring Partner
Bud Jamison
as Bob Uppercut, Champion
Gilbert M. Anderson
as Enthusiastic Fan (uncredited)