影片由知名儿童作家苏斯博士负责编剧，这个怪怪的故事设定、剧本甚至歌词都是由苏斯博士完成。讲述一个钢琴教师的疯狂想法，他找来500名孩子一刻也不停的练习钢琴。其中有个小孩叫Bart，他希望能够对抗教师的计划获得解放，于他开始了计划

After her father’s death, young Pollyanna moves east to live with her aunt Polly. Once there, the “Glad Game” her father taught her, begins to change the lives of the town’s residents. Based on the classics children’s book by Eleanor H. Porter.