The Champion
1915 | 31m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Charlie Chaplin |
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| Writer: | Charlie Chaplin |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 11, 1915 |
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| Director: | Charlie Chaplin |
| Writer: | Charlie Chaplin |
| Genres: | Comedy |
| Keywords | sports, black and white, silent film, boxing, short film |
| Production Companies | The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Ben Turpin | Ringside vendor |
| Fred Windemere | Cop |
| Henry Youngman | Bit Role |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Harry Ensign | Director of Photography |
| Ernest Van Pelt | Assistant Director |
| Charlie Chaplin | Director, Writer, Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jess Robbins | Producer |
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