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。

描述一名美国士兵夏尔洛在第一次世界大战时，参与壕沟战，在一场进攻德军阵营的作战中，单枪匹马成功的俘虏了13名德兵，又在大战中把德军耍的团团转，在最后的情节，他以技巧性的活捉德军前线司令（此片影射兴登堡将军），使得大战结束，并在字幕上表示“Peace on earth—good will to all mankind. 世界和平—人类将会美好”，就在他成为英雄时被众人喝采下，镜头突然一转，原来是夏尔洛还是新兵的时候，在军帐中做的一个梦罢了…。

查理在新兵营里是个插科打诨的乌合之众，但在法国参加战斗时，却立下了赫赫战功：他先是冲到最前线俘获了13个德国佬，然后扮成大树桩一步步逼近德军防线，最后又在一个法国女孩的协助下，俘获了德国皇帝和他的皇太子。所向披靡的查理回到家乡纽约后得到了人们的夹道欢迎……就在查理被荣耀所包围，兴奋得无以复加时，眼前的一切都突然消失了——原来，这只是一场梦。 　　《从军记》大肆戏谑战争的格局与构想，后被影评界认为是十二年后《大独裁者》的前哨作品。本片拍摄时正值第一次世界大战烽火连天之时，痛恨战争的卓别林适时拍出这部以梦境为叙事主体的电影，无论从创作出发点还是从内容的构架来讲，都不失为一次大胆的创新——借一个协约国小人物的离奇经历，讽刺德军将领及德国皇室。尽管从客观上说，本片的喜剧张力不及卓别林其他平民喜剧来得从容，令观众容易产生昏昏欲睡之感，但笑点设计却依旧保持了卓别林惯...

　　一贫如洗的流浪汉查理终日忍受着饥饿的困扰，他试图找一份工作，却比登天还难——失业的人太多了这一天，当他再一次从招工的队伍中悻悻而归时，却偶遇了一只受伤的小狗斯凯普。心地善良的流浪汉从此与斯凯普相依为命，“合伙”偷来午餐车里的香肠解决了肚子问题。他们又来到一个舞厅，邂逅了歌女埃德娜，却因付不起钱而被人扔出了场子。当查理垂头丧气地回到破烂不堪的小屋时，斯凯普突然发现了什么——它拼命刨坑，竟挖出了一个装满钱的钱夹，于是一切都改变了……

Charlie and friends illustrate various bonds in life and the most important, Liberty Bonds for the war...

卓别林为“第一国家影片公司"拍摄的首部电影，片长三卷。卓别林在本片中把流浪汉的生活与狗的生活有趣地构成对比，他与它都同样要挣扎求存，并且忍受社会各阶层将他们踢来踢去。卓别林从本片开始思考到喜剧的结构问题，每一个段落均互相关连而构成一个整体。由于结构完整，使这部在内容上仍然是表现流浪流夏尔洛在贫民窑和酒店被警察追得东奔西跑的喜剧显得笑中有泪。