Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home to surprise her mother whom she thinks is a successful Broadway star with a mansion in Manhattan. She doesn't know that her mother is actually a burnt-out cabaret singer with a love for whiskey. When she arrives at the mansion, she is taken in by the two servants who are friends of her mother's. The house actually belongs to Adolph Hubbell, a kind-hearted Broadway producer who also gets drawn into the charade. Hubbell takes a shine to Melinda and agrees to star her in his next show. Melinda also finds romance with a handsome hoofer who's also in the show. All is going well for Melinda except that she wants to see her mother who keeps putting off their reunion.

A little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school but she's rescued by relatives.

A socialite with aspirations of a career in show business bets her wealthy uncle $25,000 that she can say "no" to everything for two days straight, hoping winning will help her fulfill her dreams.

1935 film by David Butler

年仅6岁的劳德•舍曼（Shirley Temple 秀兰•邓波 饰）是一个天真可爱的小女孩，她憨态可掬，招人疼爱，父亲的士兵都戏谑地称之为小上校。劳德的母亲伊丽莎白（Evelyn Venable 饰）是一位南联盟军上校的女儿，她与来自北方的杰克坠入爱河，却遭致古板父亲（Lionel Barrymore 饰）的反对。最终伊丽莎白选择了爱情，而父亲也与之决裂。
六年后，小上校和母亲返回外公家。时间并未冲淡父女间的隔阂，老上校对女儿依然冷颜以对。小上校的出现打破了尴尬的局面，她凭着机智和可爱渐渐弥合了外公和母亲心中的裂痕……

活泼的小女孩秀兰•布雷克（Shirley Temple 秀兰•邓波 饰）生在一个普通的家庭，虽然家境平平，但充满了快乐和幸福。秀兰平日随妈妈（Lois Wilson 饰）在苛刻、尖酸的史密斯家里帮佣，闲暇时便和飞行员爸爸及其教父詹姆斯（James Dunn 饰）一起玩耍。
然而，这样渺小的幸福也稍纵即逝。爸爸在执行任务时死于空难，妈妈也被车祸夺去了生命。原本快乐的秀兰转眼之间成为孤儿。史密斯家打算将她送进孤儿院，而詹姆斯决定收养这名可怜无助的小女孩……