A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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The New Champion
(1925) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4470 feet
Directed by Reeves Eason (B. Reeves Eason)

Cast: William Fairbanks [Bob], Edith Roberts [Polly Brand], Lotus Thompson [Lucy Nichols], Lloyd Whitlock [Jack Melville], Frank Hagney [‘Knockout’ Riley], Al Kaufman [the fight promoter], Marion Court [Mrs. Nichols], Bert Appling [the blacksmith]

Perfection Pictures Corporation production; distributed on State Rights basis by Columbia Pictures Corporation. / From a screen story by Dorothy Howell. Cinematography by George Meehan. / © 15 September 1925 by Columbia Pictures Corporation [LP21819]. Released 1 September 1925. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama: Action.

Survival status: Print exists in the UCLA Film and Television Archive film archive [35mm nitrate positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Athletes: Boxers - Sports: Boxing

Listing updated: 1 June 2024.

References: FilmYearBook-1926 p. 61 : ClasIm-221 p. C19 : Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.