The Champion (1915)

Synopsis: A down and out fellow becomes a boxer quite unexpectedly.
Appraisal: This comedy has a sort of energetical quality that makes it watchable despite its silly plot. When I watch this kind of film I cannot help wondering whether its audience at the time of its release was composed mostly of adults or of children. Most of the gags seem appropriate to children, but I suspect that, like in our own era, the average viewer was a little infantilized.