卓别林为Mutual公司拍的第11部影片，讲述移民到新大陆的故事。在短短20分钟之内，影片分成两部分，前者是满怀梦想的通向新大陆的旅程，后一部分则是通过一个用餐的场景来表现新大陆之梦的艰辛以及最终柳暗花明的喜剧结局。

这个工作是粉刷匠，结果把人家的房子搞得一团糟~~

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 Edna's. All the "couples", including a new partner for Mr. Stout. show up.

在一个恬静淡雅、清新爽朗的小村庄，常青藤旅馆内生活着一个满脑子小聪明的勤杂工查理（查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin 饰）。每日天刚蒙蒙亮，这个终日劳累的男人便在老板的呵斥怒骂声中起床，当然在这一过程中他百般赖床，总恨不得能多睡一会儿。起床后他打扫旅馆卫生，顺便帮老板煎鸡蛋、煮咖啡，同时假公济私为自己多放些方糖，以致于咖啡都变成黏黏的一坨。查理外出放牛惹出乱子，摔晕后梦见和女神们快活玩耍，享受难得的闲暇与自由。日上三竿，来自四面八方、性格各异的客人相继来到旅馆，查理忙碌而紧张的一日开始了，喜怒哀乐，爱恋失望，点缀着查理平凡无奇的人生……

卓别林（查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin 饰）把家安排妥当后，要带领全家外出游玩，准备轻松愉快的度过一天的假期。他开着摇摇晃晃的小车带着妻子跟两个儿子出发了，要乘船时他为了免费抱着两个儿子过了检票口坐上了船，在船上卓别林的举止动作十分幽默滑稽让人啼笑皆非，他跳着欢快的舞步直到晕头转向。想放下折叠躺椅休息一下，急的满头大汗却笨手笨脚地连个椅子都搞不定。又因为晕船躺在别人老婆的腿上，招来了一顿胖揍。下船后他开着车在路口又遭遇交通警察的拦截，最后误打误撞竟用沥青把两个交警粘在了大马路上。真是快乐又充实的一天啊。

伪牧师

年轻的法国姑娘马莉（艾德娜·珀薇安丝 Edna Purviance 饰）同名为约翰（卡尔米勒 Carl Miller 饰）的小伙子相爱了，可是这段感情却遭到了他们的家人的反对。于是，约翰和马莉相约私奔前往巴黎。然而就在约定的那一夜，约翰的父亲不幸身亡，约翰没有能够赴约。马莉以为约翰变了心，在悲伤和痛苦之中独自一人前往巴黎。
一晃眼数年过去，马莉成为了大亨皮埃尔（阿道夫·门吉欧 Adolphe Menjou 饰）的地下情人，整日过着醉生梦死的生活。某日，她竟然在街头和约翰重逢了，此时的约翰只是一介名不见经传的无名画家，但两人之间的爱意还是死灰复燃。可是，约翰的母亲并不相信马莉对儿子的感情，极力的想要拆散两人。

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.

Charlie and Ben pay a visit to a pub, then decide to visit a swanky restaurant. Now intoxicated, they come into conflict with a French dandy and his ladyfriend. The large head waiter violently ejects Ben, and later ejects Charlie also. The pair pay another visit to a pub, then make their way to their hotel. They become interested in a pretty young woman staying in the room across the hall, but when Charlie spies on her through the keyhole a bellboy makes him stop. Charlie is taken aback to realize that the young woman's husband is the head waiter from the restaurant. He promptly checks out and moves to another hotel. Meanwhile, the head waiter and his wife, dissatisfied with the service, also decide to move to another hotel-- and, unfortunately, choose the same one Charlie has chosen, and once more wind up in the room across the hall from him. When the young woman's dog runs into Charlie's room she follows in her pajamas. Her husband returns to find his wife with Charlie in an apparently compromising position.

《疗养》是卓别林1917年完成的电影，全片约长30分钟。由查理·卓别林，艾德娜·珀薇安丝，埃里克·坎贝尔主演。

马龙·白兰度、索菲亚．罗兰等合演。描述一名美国富豪乘邮轮回美国，途经香港时，一名落魄的白俄女伯爵潜入其房间，意图偷渡美国，结果让富豪发现，二人经谈论之后共随爱河。此为喜剧大师查理．卓别林最后一部作品，亦是他唯一的彩色片，成绩虽然较其代表作失色得多，但仍维持颇高的喜剧效果，而且拍出了一点人情味。可惜男女主角选择不当，趣味性打了折扣。

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 gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks patrons, a harem dancer, the singers Dot and Dash, and a fire-eater.

一个流浪汉偷了一个女孩的手提包，但当他试图扒查理的口袋时，他的香烟和火柴都丢了。他从暴徒手中救出了一个热狗人，但用手杖带走了几个。当小偷试图拿走查理的一些香肠时，查理得到了手提包。手提包从一个人到另一个人，再到它的主人，她对一开始就没有保护她的男朋友很生气。男朋友绝望地把自己扔进了湖里。查理斯帮助他。

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.

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……。

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 of getting Col. Nutt's latest invention. The inventor throws him out, so the agent then employs a thug to get the formula. When police head to the Nutt home to start an investigation, a complicated fracas ensues.

消防员查理·卓别林（Charlie Chaplin）被一位想收取保险费的房主诱骗，让一所房子被烧毁。

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 he does finally act he ruins the scene, wrecks the set and tears the skirt from the star.

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……

A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.