A young man (Buster Keaton) proposes a young woman (Renee Adoree), but her father questions how he might support his daughter after the marriage. The youth informs that he will move to New York, find a job and marry the girl. If he fails, he would commit suicide. Once in the big city, he works in many professions and writes to his girlfriend; and his imaginative girl reads each...$白日梦!各种错位,巴斯特掉井盖儿里那段太棒了。$丈母娘是社会公敌,丈人老爹其实也不遑多让~$小人物的辛酸$神奇,为了追女孩去找工作,女孩误解工作的内容像哈罗德·劳埃德的《安全至下》。小偷偷东西后藏起来,主人公扮成假人等内容又像卓别林的《马戏团》$人为刀俎 我为鱼肉。