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 t...
Charlie and a rival vie for the favors of their landlady. In the park they each fall different girls, though Charlie's has a male friend already. Charlie considers suicide, is talked out of it by a po...
二十年代的美国处于经济萧条时期,失业率居高不下,工人受尽压榨,成为了大机器生产中的一颗螺丝钉。查理(查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin 饰)就是一个底层市民,他在一个机器隆隆的厂房里日以继夜地工作,以赚取微薄的收入。重复繁重的工作压得他喘不过气,他把人们的鼻子当成螺丝钉来拧,卷入流水线机器的皮带里,令人苦笑不得。
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1914年夏天,伦敦一所单身公寓。芭蕾舞女演员塞瑞拉·安布罗斯(克莱尔·布鲁姆 Claire Bloom饰)在自己的房间里,打开煤气企图自杀。万幸的是,喝得醉醺醺,刚回家的邻居卡尔费罗(查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin饰)正好救了她。等赛瑞拉苏醒以后,卡尔费罗才得知她是因为患了风湿不能再跳舞,才产生轻生的念头。而卡尔费罗曾经是一名伟大的喜剧演员。他悉心的照料着赛瑞拉,并用自己的滑稽喜剧...