唐纳（弗雷德·阿斯泰尔 Fred Astaire 饰）和肖恩（乔治·墨菲 George Murphy 饰）是一对跳双人踢踏舞的搭档。唐纳是一个佛系的舞者，对名利看得很淡，但肖恩和他恰恰相反，爱慕虚荣的他总想着有朝一日能够功成名就。一天，百老汇的经纪人凯斯（弗兰克·摩根 Frank Morgan 饰）在唐纳的身上看到了无限的星途，于是将他推荐给了歌剧院老板波斯（伊恩·亨特 Ian Hunter 饰），唐纳知道自己的搭档肖恩出名心切，于是将这个千载难逢的好机会让给了他。 　　果不其然，肖恩在舞台上一炮而红，很快就成为了闪亮的新星，但肖恩却似乎并不珍惜自己的成功，将时间和精力都挥霍在女人和酒精上。

唐纳（弗雷德·阿斯泰尔 Fred Astaire 饰）和肖恩（乔治·墨菲 George Murphy 饰）是一对跳双人踢踏舞的搭档。唐纳是一个佛系的舞者，对名利看得很淡，但肖恩和他恰恰相反，爱慕虚荣的他总想着有朝一日能够功成名就。一天，百老汇的经纪人凯斯（弗兰克·摩根 Frank Morgan 饰）在唐纳的身上看到了无限的星途，于是将他推荐给了歌剧院老板波斯（伊恩·亨特 Ian Hunter 饰），唐纳知道自己的搭档肖恩出名心切，于是将这个千载难逢的好机会让给了他。 　　果不其然，肖恩在舞台上一炮而红，很快就成为了闪亮的新星，但肖恩却似乎并不珍惜自己的成功，将时间和精力都挥霍在女人和酒精上。

汉克（贝茜·洛芙 Bessie Love 饰）和奎妮（安妮塔·佩姬 Anita Page 饰）是情同手足的好姐妹，两人相约来到车水马龙的繁华大都市纽约，在汉克的老相好艾迪（查尔斯·金 Charles King 饰）的帮助之下，两人进入了歌舞团成为了歌舞女郎，很快就声名鹊起。 　　虽然汉克和艾迪已经相恋多年，但艾迪发现自己竟然情不自禁的被奎妮深深的吸引，与此同时，娇俏可人的奎妮赢得了大富豪贾科（肯尼思·汤姆森 Kenneth Thomson 饰）的青睐，后者对她展开了非常热烈的攻势。汉克看出贾科是一个心术不正的纨绔子弟，屡屡劝说奎妮离他远一点，但奎妮早已经陷入了贾科为她编织的美梦之中。

汉克和奎妮是情同手足的好姐妹，两人相约来到纽约，在汉克的老相好艾迪的帮助之下，进入歌舞团成为歌舞女郎，很快声名鹊起。虽然汉克和艾迪已经相恋多年，但艾迪发现自己竟然情不自禁的被奎妮深深吸引，与此同时，娇俏可人的奎妮赢得了大富豪贾科的青睐，汉克看出贾科是一个心术不正的纨绔子弟，劝说奎妮离他远一点，但奎妮早已经陷入了贾科为她编织的美梦之中。

享有“百老汇之声”美誉的伯特柯勒是《世界先驱报》的记者，为求取得轰动效应，不惜各种手段来挖掘名人的花边新闻。百老汇制作商罗伯特高登一直为他的新剧“百老汇旋律”没找到合适的女主角而烦恼。伯特柯勒得知后故意凭空创造出一名法国“著名女星”的假消息让罗伯特上钩。艾琳一直想在百老辉发展，将计就计，于是冒充这名法国女星，籍此出演女主角，谁知……

A naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and murder.

“The Americans invented jazz to make up for death, the star to recover from women. To comfort themselves faced with the night, they invented Broadway. Every evening in downtown New York, an artificial day begins. Its purpose is to advertise the shows, vaunt the products, and the inventors of these adverts would be quite astonished to discover that the most fascinating spectacle, the most precious object, is the street transfigured by their signage. This day has its own inhabitants, its shadows, its mirages, its ceremonies. It also has its own sun…” (Chris Marker) 　　“The first film I’ve seen in which colour is absolutely necessary.” (Orson Welles)

Once upon a time in the USA, Broadway and Business had a baby: the Corporate Musical. This is the story of one of Capitalism's strangest creations and the comedy writer obsessed with rescuing this hidden world from obscurity. With David Letterman, Martin Short, Susan Stroman, Jello Biafra and more.

“The Americans invented jazz to make up for death, the star to recover from women. To comfort themselves faced with the night, they invented Broadway. Every evening in downtown New York, an artificial day begins. Its purpose is to advertise the shows, vaunt the products, and the inventors of these adverts would be quite astonished to discover that the most fascinating spectacle, the most precious object, is the street transfigured by their signage. This day has its own inhabitants, its shadows, its mirages, its ceremonies. It also has its own sun…” (Chris Marker) 　　“The first film I’ve seen in which colour is absolutely necessary.” (Orson Welles)

秀兰·邓波和在此娱乐片中担任主角，乔治·墨菲和杰米·杜朗特在剧中客串踢踏舞者。百茜是一个被旅店经理收养的孤儿，旅店经理常租借房子给表演者们，旅…