当时正值美国经济不景气时期，物价暴涨，失业率上升，工人工资下降，以致罢工潮四起。卓别林扮演针砭时弊、讽刺资本家和统治者的流浪汉，在欢笑和滑稽的背后是人生的凄苦与悲凉.

卓别林饰演的流浪汉阴差阳错爱上了被他捉弄过的守夜人的女儿，双方在女孩家中剑拔弩张。为了逃离是非地，流浪汉不惜男扮女装引出一系列笑话……。

Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the galler…

Charlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set he is told to help the carpenter. When one of the actors doesn't show, Charlie is given a chance to act but instead enters a dice game. When …

As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff. Meanwhile, a foreign agent arrives at the house in hopes …

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…

凡尔杜先生（查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin 饰）曾经是一名银行的职员，跟妻子莫纳（Mady Correll 饰）和儿子皮特（Allison Roddan 饰）一同过着平静但是幸福的生活。经济大萧条的到来令凡尔杜先生失去了工作，有一个家庭要养活的他流落…

影片讲述玻璃匠夏尔洛（查理·卓别林CharlesChaplin饰）和弃婴（杰基·考甘JackieCoogan饰）之间一段笑中有泪的感人故事。夏尔洛在垃圾箱旁发现了一个弃婴并收养了他。等到孩子长到四五岁的时候，就已经非常懂事。两父子合演双簧，儿子打…