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。

　　Mary, a poor farm girl, meets Tim just as word comes that war has been declared. Tim enlists in the army and goes to the battlefields of Europe, where he is wounded and loses the use of his legs. Home again, Tim is visited by Mary, and they are powerfully attracted to each other; but his physical handicap prevents him from declaring his love for her. Deeper complications set in when Martin, Tim's former sergeant and a bully, takes a shine to Mary.

　　A flapper charms a diplomat to procure her fiancé a career opportunity, while the fiancé starts a relationship with her best friend...

　　Buster Keaton's final silent feature, as well as the final film in which MGM allowed him any creative control.