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- The Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.
- The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.
- A boy leaves his small country town and heads to the big city to get a job. As soon as he makes it big his sweetheart will join him and marry him. His enthusiasm to get ahead leads to some interesting adventures.
- The Tramp wanders into and disrupts the filming of a go-kart race.
- Disguised as a priest, an escaped convict makes his way to Texas. He ends up in a small rural town where the townsfolk mistake him for their new church minister.
- An out-of-work swindler takes a job as a reporter. After witnessing a car go over cliff, he grabs a rival reporter's camera and races to the newspaper office to enter the photo as his own. His rival is delayed when he gets caught in a woman's bedroom by her jealous husband. The swindler follows the distribution of the paper containing his 'scoop' around town where he is once again chased by the rival reporter. Both end up on the cow-catcher of a streetcar.
- To show his girl how brave he is Fatty challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
- Charlie pretends to be a dentist though he is only his assistant. When a patient can't stop laughing from the anesthesia Charlie knocks him out with a club. He is sent to the drug store, gets in a fight with a man who (after a brick in the face) becomes another patient, and pulls the skirt off the dentist's wife (who is out walking). At one point Charlie pulls a tooth (the wrong one) using enormous pliers.
- Prevented from dating his sweetheart by his uncle, a young man turns his thoughts to murder.
- A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
- In a hotel lobby, an inebriated Charlie runs into an elegant lady, gets tied up in her dog's leash, and falls down. He later runs into her in the hotel corridor, locked out of her room. They run through various rooms. Mabel ends up in one, hiding under the bed of an elderly husband. Enter the jealous wife and Mabel's lover.
- Charlie is hanging around in the park, finding problems with a jealous suitor, a man who thinks that Charlie has robbed him a watch, a policeman and even a little boy, all because our friend can't stop snooping.
- Charlie and another waiter must become bakers when the regular bakers go out on strike. The strikers put dynamite in a piece of bread which is delivered to the cake counter. It winds up in the oven and explodes.
- Charlie attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.
- Charlie and another man compete in trying to help a young lady cross a muddy street. The rival finds a wooden plank which Charlie takes from him. They fight over an umbrella belonging to the rival. A policeman settles the dispute, ultimately arresting the rival. An innocent tramp is pushed into the lake.
- Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret and must endure the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and pretends to be a fancy ambassador but must contend with the jealousy of her fiancé.
- Episodic look at married life and in-law problems. Adventures include a ride on a crowded trolley with a live turkey, a wild spin in a new auto with the in-laws in tow, and a sequence in which Hubby accidentally chloroforms his mother-in-law and is convinced that he has killed her. When she begins sleep-walking, he thinks that she has returned to haunt him.
- A silly aristocrat who believes that he has been jilted attempts suicide but he is saved from death and reunited with his fiancée.
- Charlie dreams he is in the Stone Age, where King Low-Brow rules a harem of wives. Charlie, in skins and a bowler, falls in love with the king's favorite wife, Sum-Babee. During a hunting trip the king is pushed over a cliff. Charlie proclaims himself king, but Ku-Ku discovers the real king alive. They return to find Charlie and Sum-Babee together.
- A continuous exchange of meetings between husbands and wives of different couples in which a policeman intrudes in daring chase until both couples are found.
- A sincere working-class 13-year old in France is adopted by a well-meaning philanthropic millionairess from America -- who promises his doting mother that the boy will have the finest education -- but things are not so simple.
- Two drunks live in the same hotel. One beats his wife, the other is beaten by his. They go off and get drunk together. They try to sleep in a restaurant using tables as beds and are thrown out. They lie down in a rowboat which fills with water, drowning them--a fate apparently better than going home to their wives.
- Virtuous Mabel rejects the improper advances of a villainous cad. The furious villain and his henchmen then seize Mabel and chain her to a railroad track. Mabel's anxious boyfriend turns for help to the great Barney Oldfield, who jumps in his racing car and speeds to the rescue.
- A nephew takes his wheelchair-bound uncle and sweetheart to the park, where he meets the Little Tramp. The Tramp knows a money-making opportunity when he sees one.
- At a farm near Bangville, the young daughter see strangers in the barn. She quickly rushes to the house and calls the police. The police engage in a haphazard rush across the countryside to get there in time.
- Charlie is janitor for a firm the manager of which receives a threatening note about his gambling debts. He throws a bucket of water out the window which lands on his boss and costs him his job. The boss, attempting to steal the money heeds from the office safe, is caught by his secretary and Charlie comes to save her and the money. He is briefly accused of being the thief but ultimately triumphs.
- Charlie is walking in the park. A girl leaves a seaman on one bench and joins Charlie on another. The seaman wakes up. He and Charlie stage a brick fight. Policemen get hit and arrest both men. During an ensuing fight on the dock the policemen, the seaman, Charlie and the girl wind up in the water.
- Charlie is an actor in a film studio. He messes up several scenes and is tossed out. Returning dressed as a lady, he charms the director. Even so, Charlie never makes it into film, winding up at the bottom of a well.
- Catherine defies her strict father and accompanies a traveling theater company. Her father picks up the daughter and as a punishment he sends her to a priest farm in the countryside.
- The Professor dispenses the wisdom of the ages and does not make a living wage. The sons of the rich and powerful are students lacking any motivation. The next door neighbor of the Professor, businessman Olsen, has money and lots of food, while the Griggs have hardly any. Both Peter Olsen and Reverend Gates are taken by the beauty of young Amelia Griggs. When rich son Phil West falls for Amelia Griggs and befriends the poor Reverend Gates, he finally sees the difference in his life and theirs and tries to do something to change that.
- A brat's magic lantern show exposes an indiscreet moment between a landlady and her star boarder.
- Three man will fight for the love of a charming girl. Charlie will play dirty, throwing bricks to his contender, and using a huge hammer to hurt one of them. But a precocious kid will be the fourth suitor in discord.
- The plot is a satire derived from Hugh Antoine D'Arcy's poem of the same title. The painter courts Madeleine but loses to the wealthy client who sits for his portrait. The despairing artist draws the girl's portrait on the barroom floor and gets tossed out. Years later he sees her, her husband and their horde of children. Unrecognized by her, Charlie shakes off his troubles and walks off into the future.
- A very plastered fella follows a pretty woman home, and proceeds to make a nuisance of himself.
- After rescuing the Police Commissioner's daughter from drowning, Fatty is rewarded with a position on the force, but soon finds that the job isn't all it's cracked up to be.
- Tex Sherwood has just come into possession of a valuable piece of land that will be irrigated by a new dam. Banker Holman knowing the deed must be registered the next day, offers a $50,000 reward for Tex's capture.
- A jealous wife is chasing her unfaithful husband during a parade, after he starts to flirt with a pretty woman.
- A romantic tale from Shakespeare's late career, concerning the trials of the virtuous Princess Imogen.
- After scamming him to buy a fake oil well, a con artist tries to steal his girlfriend, to boot. But success is the sweetest revenge, the villain stoops to sabotage to defeat his rival. Sounds like a case for the Keystone Cops.
- Accosted by a masher in the park and unable to motivate husband Charlie into taking action, Mabel gets him a boxing mannequin to sharpen his fighting skills.
- Thomas Graal's a screenwriter, is very fond of his secretary Bessie. Overtaken by a kiss by Thomas she runs away. In his misfortune Thomas writes a screenplay inspired by Bessie. But she has not been really honest with him .
- A young, compassionate man struggles to save his family and friends from the abusive exploitation of his cold-hearted, grasping uncle.
- John Scott, a prospector, sells his mine for a large sum of money, and guarded by a posse of deputy sheriffs starts across the desert to the railroad. The party is attacked by bandits and all but Scott are killed. He, badly wounded, makes his escape, and the next day, perishing from thirst, falls unconscious. He is found by a band of Indians, who are prevented from destroying him by Young Deer, one of their number whom Scott had befriended, and who revives the white man. Scott offers his rescuer gold, but the Indian refuses to accept anything but a watch. Scott reaches his home safely and is joyously welcomed by his wife and daughter. Some time later Young Deer is sent to the government school and makes rapid progress, He wins the championship for the Carlisle baseball team and is lionized. Scott's daughter falls in love with him and Young Deer returns her affection. Scott is furious when Young Deer asks for his daughter's hand, and offends the sensitive young man, who at that moment recognizes Scott, recalls the saving of his life and produces the watch. Scott is overcome with remorse and finally decides to let the Indian wed his daughter, but he haughtily walks out of the house, goes back to his old life, discards civilized garments and weds a girl of his race.
- Alexandre Dumas' tragic love story between Marguerite Gautier and Armand Duval.
- Thunder Cloud, a member of the Sioux Nation and a college graduate, goes into hiding, believing he has slain a villainous white man named Bill Mosher. Although he steals to survive, Thunder Cloud always leaves money or a promissory note for what he takes. The young Sioux falls in love with Starlight, the half-breed daughter of Sheriff La Verne, and abducts her during an Indian Fair. They are followed to his hideout by Little Antelope, the adopted son of white parents who is now a member of the Indian Police. Thunder Cloud recognizes Little Antelope as his younger brother, but is unable to avoid arrest. At the trial, it is revealed that Mosher is alive and was attempting to frame Thunder Cloud. After he is set free, Starlight quits her teaching job to marry him.
- An explosives and black powder expert visits a powder factory in order to inspect it, but when he appears to be more interested in its female workers, an explosive situation results.
- Perkins likes to fish, and his wife scolds about his lazy habits. She hides her savings in an old stocking, which she conceals under the mattress of the bed. A tramp enters the open window and steals the hoard. She imagines her husband has taken the money and is very angry. A policeman has seen the tramp and gives chase. Hard pressed, he throws the stocking into the river. While the policeman continues his pursuit, Perkins sits down on the sand to fish. The fish are seen nibbling around the hook by clever photography. Perkins thinks he has a bite and pulls up his line, finding the stocking attached to the hook. He throws it into his basket, and goes on fishing. Finally be gets another bite and hauls up an alligator. Thoroughly frightened, he rushes away and plunges into the midst of a score of alligators, and he has a narrow escape from the snapping jaws. The cop and the tramp have an exciting chase and fight, and the strong arm of the law drags the hapless wretch back to the Perkins home. Mrs. Perkins sees the stocking in the fish basket and brings it out. The tramp convinces them of his innocence, and Perkins is indignant to think his wife should suspect him of taking her money, but she finally cajoles him into forgiveness.
- Heinze is lazy, and his wife is disgusted with him. His friend, Pat, secretly admires Mrs. Heinze, and one day tells her to make Heinze help her with her work. Heinze refuses to assist her and is doused with a pail of water. Angered, he leaves the house and meets Pat, to whom he tells his troubles Pat advises him to play off dead, to see if his wife loves him. Accordingly, they go down the street where second-hand coffins are for sale, and purchase one and take it home. Pat lays out Heinze in the coffin, and then goes in and tells Mrs. Heinze her husband is dead. She weeps, but her tears quickly dry when Pat sympathetically kisses her. Pat carries the scheme through, and persuades Heinze to submit. Pat nails the coffin down, and orders an immediate funeral. The hearse and carriages come around and the mourners follow the coffin. By this time Heinze is beginning to see that the joke is getting serious, and flashes are shown of his efforts to free himself. Heinze is placed in the hearse, and the pallbearers walk solemnly at the side. Pat rides with the widow, and manages to alleviate her sorrow. The funeral procession does not move quickly enough to suit Pat, so he gets up on the seat of the hearse and plies the whip to the horses, and they leap forward at a gallop, with the carriages endeavoring to keep up. The pallbearers grab the traces and fly along. Sharp comers are turned at break-neck speed, and finally the hearse tumbles over a cliff, and the coffin drops out. The horrified mourners rush down, and the infuriated Heinze emerges from the broken coffin. Seizing an axe left by some woodchoppers, he chases the crowd, who rush pell-mell for home. Pat has a narrow escape from the wrath of Heinze, but Mrs. Heinze saves his life and soothes her angry husband.
- The dear old grandma has come to Red Riding Hood's home, here with a present for her grandchild which she has made herself. This is a beautiful hood made in granny's cleverest and most loving way. Little Red Riding Hood is charmed by it, and expresses her joy freely. Granny then goes home to her lonely hut in the woods, escorted by her niece. One beautiful autumn afternoon little Red Riding Hood is sent by her mother to take some goodies to Grandma. She tip toes on her way, but grows tired and sits to rest under a tree. She stops and dreams the well-known story: How a wolf in the guise of a friendly dog came and asked her where she was going. She told him, and the said wise wolf sped to granny's cot using shorter route. Arriving there he satisfied his wolfish appetite on poor grandma's aged carcass and donning her night cap, took her place in the bed. Little Red Riding Hood appears and enters the bedroom, gladsomely exhibiting her presents. The wary wolf, after a confidential chat, jumps at her. She screams, her father, the woodsman, and his trusty men rush in, dispatch the wolf and save her. Awakened suddenly by her own screams Red Riding Hood cannot break the spell of that awful dream. So she goes timidly to the cottage, peeks cautiously in at the window, finding granny alive and well.