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The Champion

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Calorie Rating: 46
Released: 1915-03-11
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 33 Minutes
Studios: The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company,


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.

Director / Directors

Ernest Van Pelt
Assistant Director


Cast

Charlie Chaplin
Character: Challenger
Edna Purviance
Character: Trainer's Daughter
Ernest Van Pelt
Character: Spike Dugan

Lloyd Bacon
Character: Second Sparring Partner / Exerciser in Gym / Referee
Leo White
Character: Crooked gambler
Carl Stockdale
Character: Sparring Partner

Billy Armstrong
Character: Sparring Partner
Paddy McGuire
Character: Sparring Partner
Bud Jamison
Character: Bob Uppercut, Champion

Ben Turpin
Character: Ringside vendor
Fred Windemere
Character: Cop
Henry Youngman
Character: Bit Role


Production and Crew

Harry Ensign
Director of Photography