战争期间，迈蒂与蒂蒂俩人梦想着能有快乐的自由生活，贝露恩仙女告诉他们，有一种蓝色的鸟可以给人们带来幸福，于是他们偷偷离家出走，踏上了寻找“幸福鸟”旅途，最后发现就在自己的身边，而无需到远处探求。

Sheila kills her husband at the start of the film with a smoking gun. We don't know how or why. All we know is men are banging on her door and she escapes. There is a notable dialogue as she makes her way to a New Years celebration with Richard Basehart as the poet William William. As she goes up the stairs to John Friday's apartment (her producer) she wishes she could relive the year and undo what she has done. William William, in an offhand remark, states he wishes he was the one who shot Barney, her erstwhile husband. We see that Destiny is not too happy with making changes to her plans

Playboy Andy Mason, on leave from the army, romances showgirl Eadie Allen overnight to such effect that she's starry-eyed when he leaves next morning for active duty in the Pacific. Only trouble is, he gave her the assumed name of Casey. Andy's eventual return with a medal is celebrated by his rich father with a benefit show featuring Eadie's show troupe, at which she's sure to learn his true identity...and meet Vivian, his 'family-arrangement' fiancée. Mostly song and dance.

本片由五个短片组成，改编自20世纪初美国著名短篇小说家欧·亨利O. Henry的五部短篇小说：The Clarion Call / 嘹亮的号角（1908年）、The Ransom of Red Chief / 红毛酋长的赎金（1910年）、The Gift of the Magi / 麦琪的礼物（1905年）、The Cop and the Anthem / 警察与赞美诗（1904年）、The Last Leaf / 最后的常春藤叶（1907年）

斯蒂芬妮在新年前夜错手杀死丈夫，于是许愿能够时光倒转，当她走出电梯时果然心想事成：时间回到了一年前。原来斯蒂芬妮的丈夫是一个著名导演，一年前被一个陌生女子诱惑，两人有了私情，导演此刻正准备筹拍电影，陌生女子写了一个名叫《玻璃房子》的剧本给他，导演决定进行拍摄，但没想到该陌生女子别有用心，害的斯蒂芬妮的丈夫几近家破人亡。于是乎斯蒂芬妮在时间回转后想法设法阻止丈夫接触陌生女子，她找来自己和丈夫共同的好朋友来写剧本，在宴会上痛骂陌生女子，但事与愿违，事情仿佛早已注定，丈夫与陌生女子仍旧产生了私情。新年前夜，斯蒂芬妮以为历史将重演的时候，写剧本的好朋友从窗帘后开枪将她丈夫打死，结局似乎又改变了…

Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their romance and getting Vicky back on the boards with him, Dan follows her to a ritzy resort in the Canadian Rockies, where she and Victor are about to open their new act. But things get complicated when Dan wakes after a bender to find that he's hired an outlandish Latin secretary, Rosita Murphy, which makes Vicky think he's just up to his old tricks again.