The Champion
AKA Charlot boxeur in France; Charlie the Champ in the USA : [Champion Charlie], [Battling Charlie]
(1915) American
B&W : Two reels / 1938 feet
Directed by Charles Chaplin

Cast: Charles Chaplin, Bud Jamison, Lloyd Bacon, Edna Purviance, Leo White, Carl Stockdale, Billy Armstrong, Paddy McGuire, Ben Turpin, Gilbert M. Anderson [fight spectator]

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. / Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Cinematography by Harry Ensign. / Released 11 March 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot in the Essanay Studio at Niles (Fremont), California.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Prints exist [35mm positive, 8mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Athletes: Boxers - Boxing gloves - Horseshoes - Sports: Boxing

Listing updated: 6 August 2004.

References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 119; Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 18f, 36, 78, 94, 135; Kerr-Silent p. 79; Spehr-American p. 597; Tarbox-Lost p. 245.

Home Video: DVD.