流浪汉查理（查理·卓别林 Charlie Chaplin 饰）随队伍来到阿拉斯加淘金。他在一间小木屋里碰见了通缉犯拉逊，接着淘金人吉姆也闯进来，并抢走了拉逊的枪。拉逊出去找食物时发现了吉姆正在开发的金矿，于是他没回木屋。小木屋里，饥肠辘辘的查理煮了皮鞋充饥，饿的神智恍惚的吉姆却把查理想象成火鸡追杀。突然，一头熊撞进来，两人一起把熊打死，饱餐之后分道扬镳。吉姆发现了拉逊占了自己的金矿坑，拉逊将他打昏...
赫勒（爱米尔·强宁斯 Emil Jannings 饰）是杂耍班的演员，他和妻子伯特纳（梅丽· 戴尔沙夫特 Maly Delschaft 饰）合作表演的空中飞人项目深受观众们的喜爱。然而，随着时间的推移，伯特纳的身材渐渐走形，已经不再适合表演空中飞人了，无奈之下，赫勒带着她来到了位于德国汉堡的另一间杂耍班谋生。 贝尔特（利亚·德·普提 Lya De Putti 饰）是常常来看演出的观众，在赫勒的见...
A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous facade. He consorts with, and later extorts from, the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl, eventually driving them both to ...
Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Prof. McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of Judge Fost...
