The conflict here is between Charlie the wealthy and alcoholic husband and Charlie the Tramp: the idle rich and the idle poor. In the opening scene wealthy Edna descends from a Pullman car while the Tramp crawls out from under another one. At a fancy masquerade ball Edna�s husband appears as a knight whose visor is stuck closed. The Tramp shows up, running from the law, and is mistaken for the husband. Edna finds the new �husband� more to her liking than the real one. When true identities are revealed, a fight breaks out and the Tramp is ejected.

Starring:

Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Charles Aber

Genre:

Comedy, Short