哈罗德（哈罗德·劳埃德 Harold Lloyd 饰）是裁缝铺里的学徒，个性腼腆内向的他在女人面前总是面红耳赤畏首畏尾，因此常常受到女顾客们的嘲笑。哈罗德是一个非常热爱幻想的人，在他的幻想里，自己是一个将所有女人都玩弄在股掌之中的花花公子，哈罗德将自己的这些荒诞幻想都记录在案写成了小说。
一天，哈罗德决定将已经完成的书稿带往出版社，运气好的话说不定能获得出版的资格。在前往出版社的途中，哈罗德在火车上邂逅了名为玛丽（乔拜娜·劳斯顿 Jobyna Ralston 饰）的女孩。纯洁美丽的玛丽很快就吸引了哈罗德的目光，可与此同时，哈罗德怕女人的老毛病又犯了。

一名酗酒的好莱坞巨星，亲身经历了自己的事业从绚烂至衰落的过程，而他亲手发掘的新星，在嫁给他之后，从无名之辈变成了影城巨星。这部深入刻画明星生涯的杰出之作，让人们对好莱坞的内幕大开眼界。本片的剧情虽然通俗化，但导演威廉惠曼，演员菲德烈马区、珍妮．盖诺、亚道夫．孟郁和里昂．奴史丹特都表现出一流的水准，娱乐性和艺术性均高。此片曾获最佳原着故事金像奖。

自从秀兰·邓波儿在婴孩时被一月船长从船难中救出后，她就一直和一月船长住在一起，她的歌声和舞蹈赢得了大家的喜爱，但他们的幸福生活被打破了，镇上的新官员企图把她夺走扔进慈善机构……

Arthur Ferguson Jones (Edward G. Robinson) and Wilhelmina Clark (Jean Arthur) work at the same accounting firm. Jones turns out to look exactly like the notorious bank robber "Killer" Mannion (also Robinson) and is apprehended by the police.
After his true identity is confirmed, the district attorney gives Jones a letter identifying him, so that he can avoid the same trouble in future. Jones becomes a local celebrity and, at the behest of his boss (Wallace Ford), begins ghost-writing Mannion's "autobiography", with good-natured but street-wise Wilhelmina voluntarily acting as his "talent agent" to see that he gets paid.
Mannion decides to take advantage of his mild-mannered doppelgänger and, ultimately, leaving Jones "holding the bag" for Mannion's crimes. He kidnaps Wilhelmina, Jones' visiting aunt, and a few others, and takes them back to his hideout. He instructs Jones to make a large deposit for Mannion's mother's benefit at the First National Bank, where police detectives are expecting Mannion to make another robbery attempt. Fortunately for Jones, he forgets to bring the check and unwittingly leads the police back to Mannion's hideout.
Upon his arrival, Jones is mistaken for Mannion by the waiting henchmen and quickly realizes that he is meant to be the fall guy. When Mannion returns unexpectedly, Jones orders the men to shoot Mannion. The police arrive in time to capture the rest of the gang. With Mannion dead, Jones collects a reward and takes a long-desired cruise to Shanghai with Wilhelmina.