The knockout
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The knockout |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1914 |
| length | 27 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Charles Avery |
| production | Mack Sennett |
| music | Manlio Mazza |
| camera | Frank D. Williams |
| occupation | |
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The Knockout is an American short film from 1914.
action
While out for a walk, Pug and his girlfriend are attacked by day thieves; one approaches the girlfriend. Pug drives the attackers to flight. Meanwhile, volunteers are being sought in the city who want to compete against the boxing master Cyclone Flynn. A tramp poses as Flynn to the organizer in order to swindle an advance for himself and a buddy. Pug lets himself be persuaded to fight Flynn because he wants to impress his girlfriend. Then the real Cyclone Flynn appears, and the tramps run away. Pug now has to compete against the real boxing champion, his girlfriend sits down in the audience disguised as a man. Shortly before the fight, a bearded spectator with revolvers appears, telling Pug that he has bet on him and that if he is defeated, he will kill him. The fight begins and is so dogged that even the referee intervenes. When Pug threatens to lose, the bearded man hands him his revolver to win the fight. That leads to a wild chase over the rooftops of the city. In the end, Pug falls into the sea with a group of clumsy policemen in tow.
background
The Knockout was the 17th film with Charlie Chaplin on Keystone . Although Chaplin only had a minor role as a referee in this film, the film was touted by Keystone as a Chaplin film because it now had more audience pull than Fatty Arbuckle. Chaplin's appearance in the boxing scene is already very similar to the boxing scene in City Lights from 1931. Chaplin's boxing opponent in the boxing scene in City Lights was Hank Mann, who also has a supporting role in this film.
Web links
- The Knockout in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Knockout in the online film database
swell
- ↑ David Robinson: Chaplin. His life, his art . Diogenes, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-257-22571-7 . P. 157