in 1915 chaplin produce fourteen film for essanay and just over a third of his output for the previous year under the conveyor belt like production value of keystone . this be a trend that would continue and with chaplin quantity shrink more and more each year until the two feature a decade of his final year . however and with this shrink in output and the quality would increase and with massive advancement in the artistry of his work . this say and the essanay short and while more inventive and well plot and well realise than the keystone work and initially aren not all that good . a case in point be the champion and still a relatively primitive piece that have no great meaning or comedic punch ( pun unintended ) . it worth remember that this be still only twenty year since the emergence of the first extensive film production and and that it would have be sophisticate in it day . yet despite this and the lack of continuity between internal or external location and lapse of plot logic ( chaplin tramp become a feared boxer because he have a horseshoe in his glove later he be able to perform the same feat of knock out artistry without the horseshoe and which make no sense at all ) do pall somewhat . probably most notable for inspire a sequence in city light and this be still the era of large comedy moustache and lack of screen realism . while comedy can be exaggerate and with nothing to grind it in any form of reality it have no great currency over 90 year on . thankfully the essanay short begin and most notably from the tramp on and to develop chaplin character a a more sympathetic and socially relevant persona while the seed of which can be see here and with a more likable take than chaplin have previously indulge in . in all and the champion be interest a a historical document and notable for the rapid progression chaplin be make . on it own term though and it isn not terribly good .