March 11, 1915
31 minutes
Comedy
The Champion
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.
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Cast
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)
Gilbert M. Anderson
(Enthusiastic Fan (uncredited))
