Brown watches a picture on the screen of a theater and decides that acting is easy work. He applies for a position at a studio and his ability is tested in various strenuous ways. He is thrown through a window, ducked into a pond, compelled to ride a horse which throws him, etc. At the end of the day, swathed in bandages and walking on crutches, he goes to the office to receive his pay and is handed the "munificent" sum of two dollars.
—Moving Picture World synopsis