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。...

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Charles Murdock neglects his fat and lazy wife in favor of Juliet Raeburn but, when Juliet's name is involved in murder, he marries Viola and takes her to Paris....

In a dream Uncle Jack looks through a magic telescope owned by the ghost of a hermit and sees what life was like millions of years ago, including a battle between prehistoric monsters....