Johnny Casar (Mickey Rooney) runs away from a home for wayward boys, tired of being teased about being short and a poor athlete. He soon finds a pair of roller skates and is befriended by Bruno Crystal (Ralph Dumke), who allows him to wash dishes at his café, while a priest who runs the home, Father O'Hara (Pat O'Brien), secretly keeps an eye on him.
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Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments moxia.cc usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Toms only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.
清晨的纽约街头，相貌清丽的女子霍莉（奥黛丽·赫本 Audrey Hepburn饰）在橱窗前徜徉，她就是纽约上流社会的交际花。对金钱和物质的崇拜，同时却不失天真善良的霍莉，就像是纽约的“茶花女”，靠着每小时五十、一百的费用来获得交际收入。在她心里，还有一个重要的目标，那就是嫁得金龟婿。
霍莉的新邻居是一个作家保罗（乔治·佩帕德 George Peppard饰），梦想着成名，却也是依靠富太太的供给度日。遇见霍莉的保罗堕入情网，千方百计让霍莉过回正常生活，并向她求婚。然而，霍莉似乎并不愿意，在她心中，嫁给这么一个人，放弃她之前的努力，未免太不值。然而，霍莉在寻找幸福路上跌跌撞撞，直到有一天才突然明白了幸福的含义。
