The "Cotton Blossom", owned by the Hawk family, is the show boat where everyone comes for great musical entertainment down south. Julie Laverne and her husband are the stars of the show. After, a snitch on board calls the local police that Julie (who's half- African-American) is married to a whiteman, they are forced to leave the show boat. The reason being, that down south interracial marriages are forbidden. Magnolia Hawk, Captain Andy Hawks daughter, becomes the new show boat attraction and her leading man is Gaylord Ravenal, a gambler. The two instantly fall in love, and marry, without Parthy Hawks approval. Magnolia and Gaylord leave the, "Cotton Blossom", for a whirl wind honeymoon and being to live in a Pl: fantasy world. Magnolia soon faces reality quickly, that gambling means more to Gaylord than anything else. Magnolia confront Gaylord and after he gambles away their fortune he leaves her - not knowing she is pregnant. Magnolia is left penniless and pregnant, and is left to fend for herself, and make a new start.

The "Cotton Blossom", owned by the Hawk family, is the show boat where everyone comes for great musical entertainment down south. Julie Laverne and her husband are the stars of the show. After, a snitch on board calls the local police that Julie (who's half- African-American) is married to a whiteman, they are forced to leave the show boat. The reason being, that down south interracial marriages are forbidden. Magnolia Hawk, Captain Andy Hawks daughter, becomes the new show boat attraction and her leading man is Gaylord Ravenal, a gambler. The two instantly fall in love, and marry, without Parthy Hawks approval. Magnolia and Gaylord leave the, "Cotton Blossom", for a whirl wind honeymoon and being to live in a Pl: fantasy world. Magnolia soon faces reality quickly, that gambling means more to Gaylord than anything else. Magnolia confront Gaylord and after he gambles away their fortune he leaves her - not knowing she is pregnant. Magnolia is left penniless and pregnant, and is left to fend for herself, and make a new start.

Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very naive, daughter of Cap'n Andy Hawks, the genial proprietor of a show boat that cruises the Missisippi, and his nagging wife, Parthy. She is best friends with the show boat's star, Julie LaVerne, but Julie and her husband Steve are forced to leave when it is revealed that Julie has "Negro" blood in her, thereby breaking the state law by being married to the white Steve. Magnolia replaces Julie as the show boat's female star, and the show's new male star is the suave gambler Gaylord Ravenal. "Nola" and Gaylord fall in love and marry against Parthy's wishes. They and their young daughter lead the high life when Gaylord is lucky in gambling, but live like dirt when he's unlucky. During one such unlucky streak, a broken Gaylord leaves Nola, and she is forced to start over by returning to the stage. Like Old Man River, as the famous song from this show goes, she just keeps rollin' along.

Adaptation of the Broadway musical. Magnolia Hawks is the lovely but protected, and thus very naive, daughter of Cap'n Andy Hawks, the genial proprietor of a show boat that cruises the Missisippi, and his nagging wife, Parthy. She is best friends with the show boat's star, Julie LaVerne, but Julie and her husband Steve are forced to leave when it is revealed that Julie has "Negro" blood in her, thereby breaking the state law by being married to the white Steve. Magnolia replaces Julie as the show boat's female star, and the show's new male star is the suave gambler Gaylord Ravenal. "Nola" and Gaylord fall in love and marry against Parthy's wishes. They and their young daughter lead the high life when Gaylord is lucky in gambling, but live like dirt when he's unlucky. During one such unlucky streak, a broken Gaylord leaves Nola, and she is forced to start over by returning to the stage. Like Old Man River, as the famous song from this show goes, she just keeps rollin' along.

希尔维尼亚女王露易斯（珍妮特·麦克唐纳 Jeanette MacDonald 饰）常年过着离群索居深入简出的日子，长久的孤独让她内心里充满了对爱情的渴望。露易丝听闻雷纳德伯爵（莫里斯·切瓦力亚 Maurice Chevalier 饰）风流倜傥，深谙勾女之道，于是将他从法国传唤回国。来到女王身边之后，雷纳德使出了浑身的解数来讨女王欢心，成果喜人，很快，女王便决定同雷纳德结婚。 　　然而，两人婚后的生活并不美满幸福，女王只希望雷纳德以一个附属品的身份待在她的身边，可是雷纳德却希望自己能够参与到国家大事里去，久而久之，女王和雷纳德之间的感情产生了裂痕。

希尔维尼亚女王露易斯（珍妮特·麦克唐纳 Jeanette MacDonald 饰）常年过着离群索居深入简出的日子，长久的孤独让她内心里充满了对爱情的渴望。露易丝听闻雷纳德伯爵（莫里斯·切瓦力亚 Maurice Chevalier 饰）风流倜傥，深谙勾女之道，于是将他从法国传唤回国。来到女王身边之后，雷纳德使出了浑身的解数来讨女王欢心，成果喜人，很快，女王便决定同雷纳德结婚。 　　然而，两人婚后的生活并不美满幸福，女王只希望雷纳德以一个附属品的身份待在她的身边，可是雷纳德却希望自己能够参与到国家大事里去，久而久之，女王和雷纳德之间的感情产生了裂痕。

《璇宫艳舞》描写第一次世界大战前一名美国商人到维也纳推销留声机却意外爱上一名女伯爵，这看似不可思议的爱情，引发了无数的引人发笑的故事……

麦克纳马拉（詹姆斯·贾克内 James Cagney 饰）是可口可乐公司西德分部的总经理，长久以来，他默默地为公司辛勤工作，业绩屡创新高，是上司眼中的红人，亦是最有希望获得晋升的职员。某日，上司致电麦克纳马拉，告知他自己的女儿斯嘉丽（帕梅拉·蒂芬 Pamela Tiffin 饰）即将前往西德游玩，希望麦克纳马拉能够成为她的监护人。 　　然而，让麦克纳马拉没有想到的是，斯嘉丽尽管年纪轻轻，个性却极其热情奔放，来西德没多久，便同一位名叫奥托（豪斯特·巴奇霍兹 Horst Buchholz 饰）的男子坠入了爱河，他们不仅结了婚，斯嘉丽的腹中甚至还有了奥托的骨肉，更糟糕的是，奥托来自于东德，是一位根正苗红的社会主义者，鄙视资本主义的一切。就在这个节骨眼上，麦克纳马拉得知上司很快就要前往西德接他的女儿。