During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical numbers and comedy skits, and were meant as morale-boosters to both the troops overseas and the civilians at home. This was Universal Pictures' effort. It features everyone from Donald O'Connor to the Andrews Sisters to Orson Well...
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her daughter Gwen must decide between going on stage, or settling down in a conventional marriage. Julie is just thinking that it would be nice to retire and get married, when who should turn up ...
Eccentric Professor Gibbs, brilliant but impractical, invents an invisibility machine and advertises for a guinea pig. What he gets is Kitty Carroll, an attractive, adventurous model, who thinks being invisible would help her settle a few scores. Complications arise when three comic gangsters steal the machine to use on their boss. But they fail to reckon with the Revenge of th...
吉姆(赫伯特·马歇尔 Herbert Marshall 饰)即将和未婚妻携手步入婚姻的殿堂,但他始终觉得,自己对未婚妻更多的是责任而不是感情。一次偶然中,失意的吉姆在公园里散步,邂逅了名叫琼(琪恩·亚瑟 Jean Arthur 饰)的女孩。琼正在找工作,她烧得一手好菜,可是,所有招聘厨师的广告都要求招聘厨师和管家的夫妻组合,没有人要单打独斗的琼。
看到了同样形单影只的吉姆,琼灵机一动,她说服了吉姆和自己假扮夫妻,并且最终顺利的获得了一份工作。在相处的过程中,吉姆和琼之间渐渐产生了真挚的感情,可是吉姆一直对琼隐瞒着自己的真实情况,眼看着琼对自己越来越信赖,吉姆该何去何从呢?
一次偶然中,史黛拉(芭芭拉·斯坦威克 Barbara Stanwyck 饰)邂逅了英俊的男子史蒂芬(约翰·博尔斯 John Boles 饰),相互吸引的两人最终走到了一起,携手步入了婚姻的殿堂,很快,可爱的小女儿劳拉(安妮·雪莉 Anne Shirley 饰)呱呱坠地。随着时间的推移,史黛拉乖僻的个性渐渐显形,斯蒂芬受不了妻子的粗俗和毫无教养,这段婚姻不可避免的走向了破裂。
离婚后,史蒂芬娶了一位名叫海伦(芭芭拉·欧内尔 Barbara O'Neil 饰)的寡妇,这让史黛拉大受刺激。没有了家庭的寄托,史黛拉将自己的所有期望都投射到了劳拉的身上。史黛拉希望劳拉能够不收任何伤害,不走任何弯路的长大成人。
肯特是美国西部巴特尔勒克特市的头头,他由于一种作弊的纸牌游戏落入了城镇巡逻队员的控制之中,也使得一个叫谢里夫·科格的人被杀害了。该市市长与肯特密谋使本镇陷入混乱,以获得自己的利益,他们安排了一个华盛顿·蒂斯代尔的人作为新的治安官,他们以为这个人很好控制。但是,他们不知道蒂斯代尔原来是一个著名检察官汤姆·戴斯特里的代理人,戴斯特里有强大的势力,能够安排更为强大的人马来作为蒂斯代尔的副手。肯特和市长没有想到这一点,虽然他们通过各种周密的计划,想要控制整个事态的发展,但最终失败了,他们的阴谋和罪行大白于天下。