Edna s father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna s true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Count, and three policeman. The pursuers drive off a pier.

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house, but Edna, the house s owner, catches them and calls the police. Charlie, however, manages to charm his way out of trouble .... at least for the moment.

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house, but Edna, the house s owner, catches them and calls the police. Charlie, however, manages to charm his way out of trouble .... at least for the moment.

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house, but Edna, the house s owner, catches them and calls the police. Charlie, however, manages to charm his way out of trouble .... at least for the moment.

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house, but Edna, the house s owner, catches them and calls the police. Charlie, however, manages to charm his way out of trouble .... at least for the moment.

Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client s clock while examining it in detail.

他在无声黑白的年代，含泪而笑，你在五彩缤纷的时代，狂笑而泪把笑留给人类，把泪吞进肚里……卓别林是20世纪最伟大的批判现实主义电影艺术家，也是世界上最著名的喜剧明星。他最突出的贡献就是他把为笑而笑的庸俗“闹剧”提升到批判现实主义艺术的高度。他以独特的喜剧艺术表演风格和辛辣的讽刺，既尖锐地批判了资本主义社会的罪恶，又表现了对幸福生活和美好理想百折不挠的追求，让观众在笑声中流泪。卓别林写下了好莱坞电影史乃至世界电影史上最光辉的一页。剧情: 查理在裁缝店作伙计，一天裁缝决定冒充伯爵去一个妇人家做各并让查理冒充他的秘书。可他们在餐桌上查理出尽了洋相，这个时候，真的伯爵却到了。

After amusements working in a restaurant, Charlie uses his lunch break to go roller skating Mr Stout makes advances toward the unwilling Edna (whose father and Mrs Stout had earlier carried on in the restaurant) After a roller skate ballet, Charlie (now as Sir Cecil Seltzer) is invited to a party at Ednas All the "couples", including a new partner for Mr Stout show up

查理是一个失意的街头提琴手，他的琴声唤起了一个可怜的姑娘对生活的希望。就在这时查理得知这个姑娘有一个富有的家庭，查理明白自己和姑娘的身份相差悬殊，就决定独自离开。可突然，姑娘又出现在了他的面前……

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house, but Edna, the house s owner, catches them and calls the police. Charlie, however, manages to charm his way out of trouble .... at least for the moment.

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house, but Edna, the house s owner, catches them and calls the police. Charlie, however, manages to charm his way out of trouble .... at least for the moment.

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house, but Edna, the house s owner, catches them and calls the police. Charlie, however, manages to charm his way out of trouble .... at least for the moment.

After a night on the town, Charlie comes home to the house where he is staying, drunk and unable to find his key. For the next twenty minutes he staggers into, out of, and through the house in an inebriated confrontation with the house itself.

查理在裁缝店作伙计，一天裁缝决定冒充伯爵去一个妇人家做各并让查理冒充他的秘书。可他们在餐桌上查理出尽了洋相，这个时候，真的伯爵却到了……

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house, but Edna, the house s owner, catches them and calls the police. Charlie, however, manages to charm his way out of trouble .... at least for the moment.

查理（查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin 饰）是一个居无定所的流浪汉，陪伴着他的只有一把小提琴，每当心情沮丧的时候，查理都会拉响他的小提琴，悠扬的乐声总是能够帮助他重新找回快乐。一次偶然中，查理遇见了一位被虐待的姑娘（艾德娜·珀薇安丝 Edna Purviance 饰），善良的他挺身而出救下了姑娘，带着她一起流浪。虽然不能够为这个姑娘提供多么优渥的物质条件，但查理至少能够保证不让她受到一丁点的伤害。

Three movies are being shot simultaneously and Charlie is an overworked scene shifter. The foreman is waited on hand and foot until all the shifters but Charlie go on strike. A girl looking for work pretends to be a man and helps Charlie. Charlie discovers her gender and falls in love with her. The foreman thinks they are homosexual and in the ensuing fight they become involved...

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house, but Edna, the house s owner, catches them and calls the police. Charlie, however, manages to charm his way out of trouble .... at least for the moment.

罪犯查理从监狱里跑了出来，几经周折后终于摆脱了警察的追捕忽然看到有人溺水了，于是他奋不大顾身的救了落水的母女两人的命，并得到了姑娘的爱慕之心。当他正在姑娘家享受着新生活的时候，警察又出现了……

当大家对正在发生的第一次世界大战不敢妄加评论时，卓别林却拍摄本片来对战争大开玩笑，其过人胆识令人敬佩，而票房上的成功也证明卓别林的商业触觉敏锐。本片剧情描述流浪汉夏尔洛被征召入伍，到欧战前线去打仗。通过这名协约国小兵的荒谬遭遇，对德军将领与登堡及德国皇室大加讽刺，可以说是卓别林日后拍摄《大独裁者》一片的先声。