WhenCharlietheTrampwandersintoamissionheissmittenbyEdnaandputsbackthecollectionboxwhichhehastaken.Reformed,hebecomesapolicemanandisassignedtorough-and-tumbleEasyStreet.UnabletotrickorbeatErictheTough,heputsEric’sheadinagaspipeandanesthetizeshim.Ahero,henowhelpsmanypoorpeoplelivingonEasyStreet...
Atrampstealsagirl’shandbag,butwhenhetriestopickCharlie’spocketloseshiscigarettesandmatches.Herescuesahotdogmanfromathug,buttakesafewwithhiswalkingstick.WhenthethieftriestotakesomeofCharlie’ssausages,Charliegetsthehandbag.Thehandbagmakesitswayfrompersontopersontoitsowner,whoisangrywithherboyfr...
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 ...
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 ...
Charliegoestoaspatodryout,buthetakesatrunkofliquorwithhim.Hetangleswithanother’sgoutyfootinarevolvingdoor.Laterhethinksthegoutymanismakinglovesignstohim(hedoesn’tEdna,therealobjectoftheman’sefforts),sohesignsback.Heinterpetsamassagetobeawrestlingmatch.Whenmanagementthrowshisliquorintothefount...
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 ...
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 an expert bricklayer. He has lots of fun and work and enjoys himself greatly while at the saloon. As he leaves work his wife takes the pay he has hidden in his hat. But he steals her purse so he can go out for the evening. He has a terrible time getting home on a very rainy night. ...
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 danc...
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...
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 policeman, and later throws his girl’s friend into the lake. Frightened, the girls go off to a...
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,...