The Champion Clippings 12/37
Neil G. Caward, Motography, Chicago, Illinois, March 20, 1915.
Jess Willard, 1881–1968, a massive, hard-hitting heavyweight champion for his era, fought two of the sport‘s true immortals, Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey. Birthplace St. Clere, Kansas;
Hometown Pottawatomie, Kansas; Alias Pottawatomie Giant;
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„Shake the houses in which the picture is run“
Editorial content. „Will Jess Willard Try Chaplin‘s System?
By Neil G. Caward
IF JESS WILLARD ever sees Charlie Chaplin in the
two-reel Essanay release of Thursday, March 11,
entitled The Champion, and decides to adopt his methods
of fighting, it‘s all off with Jack Johnson.
The inimitable Charlie, who has been everything from
a detective to a waiter, from a millionaire to a tramp,
in this picture tries his hand at being a pugilist, and the screams
of laughter that will shake the houses in which the
picture is run will testify as to his prowess in his new vocation.“ (...)
Three photos.
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