在这部空中飞人喜剧/短片片中,钟表匠埃尔默（Buster Keaton 巴斯特•基顿 饰）对美丽的单身女子帕尔玛•史蒂芬（Dorothy Sebastian 桃乐丝•萨宾斯坦 饰）一见钟情，经过几番小伎俩，帕尔玛终于开口约埃尔默一同观看马戏表演。
首次约会让埃尔默兴奋不已，然而帕尔玛却迷上了英俊帅气的空中飞人演员阿波罗（George J. Lewis 饰）。被女友抛弃的埃尔默在自家院子苦练飞人技巧，但遭到帕尔玛和阿波罗的嘲笑。
轻薄的阿波罗强吻帕尔玛，两人发生争执，继而烧着房间。阿波罗独自逃生，将帕尔玛留在了屋中……
A man working in a clock repair shop meets a woman who brings in her watch to be fixed. When the watch has been repaired, he personally delivers it to her, and soon after that they go to the circus together. While at the circus, though, the woman becomes attracted to a trapeze artist, and soon there is a rivalry for her affections.
