记者威利（弗雷德里克·马奇 Fredric March 饰）正在经历他职场生涯中最大的危机，如果不能出现一个契机令他力挽狂澜，那么他就将一蹶不振。就在这个节骨眼上，一个名叫哈泽尔（卡洛·朗白 Carole Lombard 饰）的女孩出现在了威利的视野里，这个女孩受到了严重的核辐射，时日无多。威利决定利用她剩下的最后的日子带她进城见见世面，顺便再以此为题材写几篇催人泪下的新闻出来。
哪知道哈泽尔实际上并没有受到核辐射，身体强壮的很呢。但是这个姑娘决定暂时隐瞒这一事实，先去纽约好好的玩一通再说。就这样，威利和哈泽尔踏上了他们充满了谎言和利益的旅途。

In this whimsical bit o� blarney from George M. Cohan�s 1922 hit, Judy Garland plays dual roles: plucky Irish immigrant Nellie (Judy�s first grownup part) and her daughter, Little Nellie. Both Nellies contend with the same cantankerous coot, the laze?about father (Charles Winninger) who fusses mightily when Nellie marries an upstanding lad (George Murphy) and repeats the process years later when Little Nellie falls in love. Radiant and winning, Garland sings It�s a Great Day for the Irish, Singin� in the Rain and more classic tunes. But the film�s finest moment may be the heartrending hospital scene in which Garland�s touching, emotionally subtle performance gives promise of the superb dramatic actress she would become.

Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy firemen try to help out; things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire.