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Mack Swain (left), Roscoe Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin and
Edgar Kennedy.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era low-res collection. |
The Knockout
AKA The Pugilist in the USA; Charlot et Fatty dans le ring in France : [Counted Out] : {The Knock-Out}
(1914) American
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Mack Sennett
Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle [Pug], Minta Durfee [his girl], Al St. John [the would-be lover], Edgar Kennedy [‘Cyclone’ Flynn], Mack Swain [the heavy better], Charles Chaplin [the referee], Edward Cline (Eddie Cline) [?] [Flynn’s sidekick]?, Leo White [the eye-patch tramp], Mack Sennett [man outside the fight venue], George Summerville (Slim Summerville) [?] [fight spectator]?, [?] Harry McCoy [piano player at society party]?, [?] Joe Bordeaux (Joe Bordeau)?, [?] Hank Mann?, [?] Alice Howell?, [?] Charles Parrott (Charley Chase)?, Luke the dog
Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. / No copyright registration. Released 11 June 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: Fighting Demon. [?] Completed or shipped? on 29 May 1914. The film was reedited and rereleased in the USA as The Pugilist by W.H. Productions Company in 1918.
Comedy.
Survival Status: Prints exist in private film collections [8mm reduction positives].
Keywords: Animals: Dogs - Athletes: Boxers - Bricks - Calling cards - Chases - Crowds - Fights - Mailmen - Piers - Police: Keystone Kops, Policemen - Sports: Boxing: Boxing rings, Gloves - Tobacco: Cigarettes - Water: Oceans - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 22 July 2007.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Edmonds-Arbuckle p. 251; Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 30, 135; Kerr-Silent pp. 61-62, 63; Lahue-Kops p. 146; Lahue-Mack p. 295 : ClasIm-221 p. 42.
Home Video: DVD.
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