影片报告玻璃匠夏尔洛（查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin饰）和弃婴（杰基·考甘 Jackie Coogan饰）之间一段笑中有泪的动人故事。夏尔洛在残余箱旁发了然一个弃婴并收养了他。比及孩子长到四五岁的时辰，就已经很是懂事。两父子合演双鐄，儿子打坏玻璃，父亲就上 前更换玻璃从而养家生活。夏尔洛带着“儿子”隐匿差人的追捕，以免他被送进孤儿院。…

Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.