Des Lebens Würfelspiel

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.

Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".

After returning home to his long-estranged mother upon a request from her deathbed, a man raised by his parents in an orphanage has to confront the childhood memories that have long haunted him.

A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.

A man attempts to evade observation by an all-seeing eye.

เบ็นและโรสเป็นเด็กจากคนละช่วงเวลาที่ต่างปรารถนาให้ชีวิตเปลี่ยนแปลงไป เบ็นต้องการพ่อที่เขาไม่เคยรู้จัก ในขณะที่โรสใฝ่ฝันถึงชีวิตที่น่าค้นหาของนักแสดงดังเช่นคนที่เธอเก็บเอาไว้ในสมุดภาพ เมื่อเบ็นได้ค้นพบเบาะแสน่าสงสัยในบ้านของเขา และโรสก็ได้อ่านข่าวพาดหัวของหนังสือพิมพ์ เด็กทั้งคู่จึงออกเดินทางเพื่อค้นหาสิ่งที่จะเติมเต็มพวกเขา

On a whim, a greedy tycoon decides to corner the world market in wheat. This doubles the price of bread, forcing grain producers into charity lines and others further into poverty. The film contrasts the differences between the lives of those who work to grow the wheat and the life of the man who dabbles in its sale for profit.

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.

Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.

Roscoe and Buster operate a combination garage and fire station. In the first half they destroy a car left for them to clean. In the second half they go off on a false alarm and return to find their own building on fire.