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Harry will do anything to be a musician, but it takes a junk collector to discover his hidden talents.
Harry will do anything to be a musician, but it takes a junk collector to discover his hidden talents.
Harry Langdon
Harry Hogan
Vernon Dent
Prof. Von Tempo / Junk dealer
Anna Dodge
Harry's Mother
Jack Murphy
Bystander
Leo Sulky
Pawnbroker
Tiny Ward
Piano Owner
Billy Gilbert
Bystander
Harry will do anything to be a musician, but it takes a junk collector to discover his hidden talents.
The hero, a janitor played by Chaplin, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of water out the window and onto his boss the chief banker (Tandy). Meanwhile, one of the junior managers (Dillon) is being threatened with exposure by his bookie for gambling debts unpaid. Thus the manager decides to steal from the company.
Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Roscoe and Buster give a bullying Strongman the what-for, but after the performance troupe quits it's up to Fatty and Buster to keep the show going.
A young man schemes to drum up business for his girlfriend's employer but after seeing her being intimate with another man, he attempts to commit suicide.
A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
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.
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
Buster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him nicely when they come to believe he has a large inheritance awaiting him.
After a prank blows up a studious high school senior's life, he shares a list of certain things he wishes he'd done differently — and maybe still can.