As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff.

A pawnbroker’s assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker’s daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives…

A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner’s daughter, is grabbed by the captain…

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man’s assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands…