凯瑟琳·麦奎尔

　　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.

　　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……