A famous stage actor hopes to land the lead role in a big new Broadway musical, but he's unaware his teenage son has already been given the part.

By popular consensus, Allan Jones' best Universal mini-musical of the 1940s was the timely When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Jones is cast as war hero Johnny Kovacs, who wearies of the adulation heaped upon him and takes refuge under an assumed name in a theatrical boarding house. Here he befriends orchestra leader Phil Spitalny and his all-girl aggregation, including the inimitable Evelyn and Her Magic Violin. When Army officials trace Johnny to the boarding house, his new friends assume that he's a deserter and try to convince him to return to duty.

Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.

The Fitch family is managing an apartment building when the grandfather of their adopted son Butch decides the family isn't worthy of raising his grandson.

Pals Pat Rogers and Slag Bailey try to collect a debt from Slag's recently deceased boxing promoter but wind up collecting his child, instead, and raising him as their own son.

Milton Haskins, a math genius known for his infallibility with numbers, quits his job with an insurance company when he discovers he made a mistake, and hooks up with a traveling carnival. His knowledge of mathematics makes him a natural as an assistant at the wheel of fortune. His fiancée begs him to return to his job but he refuses, so she joins the carnival and becomes a striptease artist. When Milton attempts to drag her off the stage, a brawling mêlée breaks out and the entire troupe is arrested by the local police. The carnival is sold but Milton reveals that the new owner has conspired to defraud the insurance company. The insurance company has to accept the carnival in lieu of the money owed, and they allow Milton and his fiancée, Vivian, to stay with and help run the carnival.

Peter Stirling (with his old friend the talking mule) is recalled to active duty...in the WACs!

Army photographers on leave in Japan take over a geisha house.

Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point.

Melvin Hoover, a budding photographer for Look magazine, accidentally bumps into a young actress named Judy LeRoy in the park. They start to talk, and Melvin soon offers to do a photo spread of her. His boss, however, has no intention of using the photos. Melvin wants to marry Judy, but her father would rather she marry dull and dependable Harry Black. As a last resort, Melvin promises to get Judy's photo on the cover of the next issue of Look, a task easier said than done.

该剧以19世纪80年代到1927年密西西比河上一条演艺船为故事背景，讲述了长达半个世纪之久人世的悲欢离合，具有史诗一样的气魄。全剧分为两幕，第一慕开始于“棉花盛开”（Cotton Blossom）号演艺船来到密西西比河畔那彻斯（Natchez）码头，船长安迪的女儿，单纯的麦戈诺丽娅（Magnolia）与相貌英俊的流浪赌徒拉维纳尔（Ravenal）一见钟情（唱《请相信》（Make Blieve）），黑人船工乔（Joe）注意到他们之间的感情，又想到自己的身世，唱起《老人河》。此间，剧团的工程师皮特因为向演艺船上的明星茱莉（Julie）小姐献殷情，被茱莉的丈夫斯蒂夫打伤，皮特为了报复，揭发出茱莉有黑人血统，这在当时触犯了禁止不同种族通婚的法律。市长赶来逮捕斯蒂夫和茱莉，斯蒂夫划破茱莉的手，喝了茱莉的血。他问市长是否白人身上有黑人的血，他就是个黑人，市长回答，谁只要一滴黑人的血，他就是黑人。斯蒂夫说他现在身上有不止一滴黑人的血，所以也是黑人，并没有违反不同种族禁婚的法律。市长无言以对，于是下令禁止 “棉花盛开”号晚上的演出。斯蒂夫和茱莉为避免拖累剧团，离开了演艺船。麦戈诺丽娅和拉维纳尔代替茱莉和斯蒂夫登台表演。当晚他们表白了爱慕之情（唱《你就是爱》（You Are Love））。第一慕结束于麦戈诺丽娅和拉维纳尔的婚礼。 第二幕开始于麦戈诺丽娅与拉维纳尔的女儿吉姆降生。拉维纳尔一家迁到了芝加哥，靠拉维纳尔的赌博过活，不久破产，全家被赶出了旅店。拉维纳尔抛弃了妻子和女儿吉姆，离家出走。麦戈诺丽娅在一家夜总会找工作时遇到了已与斯蒂夫分手的茱莉，茱莉把自己的工作让给了她。第二天晚上，也就是1899年的圣诞夜，麦戈诺丽娅在演出时与父母相见，她的演出获得了成功。二十多年之后，麦戈诺丽娅成为音乐喜剧明星。第一次世界大战之后，茱莉沦为乞丐。1927年，安迪写信邀请拉维纳尔作客演艺船，同时招来了麦戈诺丽娅和她的女儿吉姆，一家人终得团圆，已经成了百老汇的明星的吉姆表演了节目。全剧终于乔再次唱起《老人河》，这首歌是交织情节的关键，也是点睛之笔： 老人河， 这条老人河， 他一定知道许多， 但他从来不说， 他只是流啊流 孤独的流着 他既不种土豆 也不种棉花 而那些种植者 早已被遗忘 但老人河啊 他只是孤独的流着

In the U. S. Army intelligence office, bumbling lieutenant Peter Stirling receives a coded message from his friend, Francis, a talking mule. The note urges Pete to hurry to the Coronado, California naval base, where Francis is about to be sold as surplus. Pete rushes to the train station, but before he can board, nurse Betsy Donevan mistakes him for her shell-shocked brother, Navy boatswain Slicker Donevan. She tries to forcibly remove his uniform so he will not get into trouble for impersonating an Army officer. Finally she realizes that Pete is not Slicker but merely his mirror image.

Boisterous, fun-loving, and popular Washington D.C. hostess Sally Adams is appointed U.S. Ambassador to the Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg, Europe's smallest country. In Lichtenburg, the Duke and Duchess are negotiating a political marriage for their niece, Princess Maria in exchange for a substantial dowry. However, the country is desperate for funds, and turns to the inexperienced ambassador for a much needed U.S. loan. Sally refuses to talk money, that is, until she meets the ultra charming Gen. Cosmo Constantine. Meanwhile, Sally's press attaché Kenneth Gibson falls head over heels for Princess Maria.

琼·豪厄尔（Sandra Dee）是一个梦想进入娱乐圈的女佣，她平时负责给上班族汤姆·米尔福德（Bobby Darin）收拾公寓，由于两人从未见过面，加上琼和汤姆通话时故意装日本腔，导致汤姆一直以为自己的女佣是个日本老太太。汤姆的老板兼朋友哈维（Donald O'Connor）派他去加州出差，汤姆做好了出差准备，并给女佣留下信条说自己要出差十天，不料到了公司后哈维告诉他出差取消了。晚上汤姆回家时，乘坐的出租车与琼的出租车撞在了一起，意外相识的两人决定进酒吧聊天，汤姆送琼回家时，琼因为不想让汤姆看到自己居住的贫穷公寓，于是假装汤姆的公寓是自己的公寓，困惑不已的汤姆因为仍然想和琼见面，所以并未当面拆穿，而是到了自己朋友哈维家去住，然而更大的乱子还在后边等着他。

Molly and Terry Donahue, plus their three children, are The Five Donahues. Youngest son Tim meets hat-check girl Vicky and the family act begins to fall apart.

It's a great story, with an excellent supporting cast and Deanna at her breeziest (she isn't Little Miss Fixit here).

Leslie Zevo is a fun-loving inventor who must save his late father's toy factory from his evil uncle, Leland, a war-mongering general who rules the operation with an iron fist and builds weapons disguised as toys.

In this series, we follow the life of the legendary movie comedy giant from his childhood on the stage to his film career. Along the way, we learn of the works of this genius and his methods in creating them. Furthermore, we see how events drove him to ruin and how they turned around in his later years to allow him to enjoy the acclaim that was his due.