巴斯特·基顿

影片的男主角基顿（巴斯特·基顿 Buster Keaton 饰）是一名乡村影院电影放映师，他喜欢阅读侦探类的书籍，经常幻想自己就是一名像福尔摩斯一样的大侦探。一天，他把价值一元的巧克力糖谎称四元送给女友凯莎琳（Kathryn McGuire 饰），不料被情敌趁机陷害，说基 顿偷了别人的手表拿去当才有钱买巧克力。凯莎琳相信了谗言，遂将基顿赶出门外，并取消了二人之间的婚约。基顿查访之后，发现情敌才是偷表典当的家伙，但却苦无证据洗清冤情。某日，基顿在放映电影时，发现银幕上的故事竟和他的遭遇同出一辙，而且人物也雷同，唯一不同的是电影中的故事发生在一个上流家庭而已。基顿边放映电影边沉溺在电影之中，于是走出放映室，从观众席走入银幕之中逮捕情敌罪犯。可是进入银幕后的基顿却四处碰壁，一筹莫展．随着场景的变化，银幕上的映象不断从幻想变成事实……

Buster Keaton's final silent feature, as well as the final film in which MGM allowed him any creative control.

斯坦利．克雷默执导，联美公司制作的本片，讲述的是一个反映人性阴暗面的生活剧。史马尔考文超车坠崖身亡，在临死前透露在圣塔罗西公园埋着一大笔钱。知道这个消息的有八个人，各种不同的身份、不同的背景、不同的职业，为了独得这份意外之财，分别展开了可笑、惊险、疯狂的争夺。谁知他们所争夺的是15前被抢劫的赃款，他们所作的一切都在警方的掌握之中。宝藏终于被挖出，克劳派队长因为退休在即，而退休金又少得可怜，所以便假公济私，夺款潜逃，但最终被警方抓获，使发财梦想成为泡影。本片以嬉笑怒骂的方式，将人性的丑陋形态一表无遗，将人物角色刻划得入木三分，虽闻笑声，但却可见编导的良苦用心。

美国曾经有“家族世仇”的传统，马凯和康菲尔就是两个世代仇杀不止的家族，1810年，约翰·马凯与詹姆斯·康菲尔在雨夜中交火，双双身亡。约翰的遗孀为了让儿子摆脱世仇，带幼子远赴纽约生活，而詹姆斯的父亲则发誓将两个孙子养大以后报仇。　　二十年后，威利·马凯（巴斯特·基顿 Buster Keaton 饰）长大成人，他要赶回老家继承父亲的遗产，在经历了一场缓慢又状况百出的火车旅行之后，威利与同行的姑娘维吉妮亚结为朋友。到达目的地的威利拜访维吉妮亚家，而这位姑娘居然是康菲尔一家的小女儿，维吉妮亚的两个哥哥在知晓威利身份以后要加害他，但是“待客之道”的传统让他们不能在家中下手，于是威利赖在康菲尔家中以求自保……

Buster manages the store while Roscoe delivers the mail, taking time out for hide-and-seek with Molly. The constable, also interested in Molly, steals $300 while being observed by Buster.

过气演员诺玛（葛洛丽亚·斯旺森 Gloria Swanson 饰）已经将近50岁，曾经的风华绝代正在她居住的荒废豪宅里慢慢凋谢，身边只有好友马克思（埃里克·施特罗海姆Erich von Stroheim）伺奉。她没放弃重燃光辉的梦想，《莎乐美》的剧本正待编写，而逃避债务逃至此地的没落编剧乔（威廉·霍尔登 William Holden饰），正是这项事业的最佳候选。诺玛收留他住下，给他提供舒适的环境写作，并慢慢的倾心于他。但是，乔并不能接受这个青春已逝的妇人。他拒绝了她，并转过身和另一个美丽的女子谋划新的剧本，他们相爱，打得火热。　　诺玛得知了乔的“背叛”，她卑微地哀求他，却动摇不了他渐行渐远的心，诺玛终于举起枪对准正要离开的乔。

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.

Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war.　　Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsy's father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose.　　The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves, but adapt after a few weeks. At one point, they sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly-colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away.　　Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the black natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved.

讲述商人吉姆面临经济危机，幸好去世的祖父留下巨额财产给他，但条件是他必须在27岁生日晚上七点前结婚，结果引来全城妇女的求婚，当然，最后还是有情人终成眷属。