How Charlie Chaplin filmed The Champion in Niles, CA
Posted: Sat Nov 19, 2016 7:18 pm
Charlie filmed his Essanay boxing comedy The Champion (1915) on location in Niles, CA. It will be featured Dec. 3 at the SF Silent Film Festival Day of Silents event. http://www.silentfilm.org/homepage/gallery/save-the-date
The film's restoration was sponsored by the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum. http://nilesfilmmuseum.org/
You can read about Charlie filming in Niles at this post below. One surprise, you can see a portion of the town baseball field bleachers in the back of one scene.
https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/how-chaplin-filmed-the-champion-on-location-in-niles/
Cheers, John
The film's restoration was sponsored by the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum. http://nilesfilmmuseum.org/
You can read about Charlie filming in Niles at this post below. One surprise, you can see a portion of the town baseball field bleachers in the back of one scene.
https://silentlocations.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/how-chaplin-filmed-the-champion-on-location-in-niles/
Cheers, John