由查理·卓别林执导，查理·卓别林,切斯特·康克林,Cecil领衔主演的竞争对手是一部1914年上映的电影Charlie and a rival vie for the favors of their landlady. In the park they each fall different girls, though Charlie's has a male friend already. Charlie considers suicide, is talked out of it by a policeman, and later throws his girl's friend into the lake. Frightened, the girls go off to a movie. Charlie shows up there and flirts with them. Later both rivals substitute themselves for the girls and attack the unwitting Charlie. In an audience-wide fight, Charlie is tossed from the screen.自开播以来，竞争对手这部电影凭借其引人入胜的剧情和演员的精彩表演，角色间的情感世界刻画得可圈可点。观众们纷纷被圈粉，有的甚至一边观影一边流泪吃爆米花，一时间成了影迷圈的香饽饽。