Lucy complains that she doesn't have nearly enough Hollywood souvenirs, a statement with which Ricky takes issue. When she and Ethel go to the Grauman's Chinese Theater, they notice that John Wayne's footprints are loose, so they pry the cement block out of the ground and take it back to the hotel.
Jennifer Smith heads a "Consumer Reports"-type company and her reputation for honesty is her greatest asset. While out boating one day she encounters a secret prototype submarine piloted by Bill Craig. Trying to explain her absence after her boat sinks becomes very difficult as Bill and his cohorts attempt to discredit her story.
Popular New York band leader Terry Rooney (Cagney) is offered a lucrative film contract out in Hollywood. Rooney and his soon-to-be wife pack up and head for California. Upon arriving, they meet Mr. Regan, the head of the studio, who believes that Rooney's true lack of desire for stardom is arrogance on the band leader's part. When his first film is huge success and a hit for t...
凡尔杜先生（查理·卓别林 Charles Chaplin 饰）曾经是一名银行的职员，跟妻子莫纳（Mady Correll 饰）和儿子皮特（Allison Roddan 饰）一同过着平静但是幸福的生活。经济大萧条的到来令凡尔杜先生失去了工作，有一个家庭要养活的他流落在街头无处容身，绝望之情溢于言表。
一次偶然中，凡尔杜先生得到了一种神奇的毒药，它能够杀人于无形之中，拥有了这一“凶器”，一个绝妙的计划在他的脑海中诞生了。很快，塞尔玛（Helene Heigh 饰）、莉迪亚（Margaret Hoffman 饰）、格罗奈（伊索贝尔·埃尔索姆 Isobel Elsom 饰）等多金但无脑的女人们都成为了凡尔杜先生手下的冤魂，而她们的大笔财产，则都到了凡尔杜先生的口袋之中。
