The Knockout (1914) - Charlie Chaplin

To show his girl how brave he is Fatty challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters. ’The Knockout’ (1914) was Charlie Chaplin’s seventeenth film for Keystone Studios. Chaplin only has a small role, and Fatty Arbuckle takes up the main role (it is one of only a few films in which Chaplin’s Little Tramp character appears in a secondary role; Chaplin doesn’t even appear until the second half of the film). It also stars Arbuckle’s wife, Minta Durfee, Edgar Kennedy and Keystone owner, Mack Sennett in a minor role as a spectator. The film was directed by Charles Avery, and made in 1914 in America. Directed by Charles Avery Produced by Mack Sennett Starring: Roscoe ’Fatty’ Arbuckle Minta Durfee Edgar Kennedy Charles Chaplin Frank Opperman Al St. John Hank Mann Mack Swain Cinematography - Frank D. Williams Distributed by Keystone Studios Release date - June 11, 1914 C
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