With the arrival of talking pictures, a silent film comedian (a Fatty Arbuckle-type) throws a lavish party to try and save his failing career. His plan is to release one last, great silent epic. And to that end, he invites several Hollywood bigwigs to his mansion in the hopes of finding a distributor...even though it is obvious to everyone attending the soiree that the film is a bomb. Based on the narrative poem by Joseph Moncure March.