一个美国的百万富翁，自命风雅，为了显得自己的门面虚荣，不惜花费大量财力人力，把英国某地—座历史古堡连同这个古堡主人的幽灵—起买下。他千里迢迢把这些宝贝运到美国，一路上经历了许多有趣的事情，也闹了不少笑话。

In 1672, two witches (Jennifer and her father Daniel) were burned by puritan Jonathan Wooley. In revenge, Jennifer cursed all future generations of the Wooley family, that the sons will always marry the wrong woman and be miserable. In the 20th century, a bolt of lightning frees Jennifer and her father from the tree that had kept their souls imprisoned. Jennifer assumes corporeal form and decides to make up-and-coming politician Wallace Wooley, then unhappily engaged, even more miserable by getting him to fall in love with her before his wedding. Wallace is a straight arrow, though, and Jennifer has to resort to a love potion. As we all know, love potions tend to backfire, with comedic results.

An ambitious newspaper reporter (Dick Powell), eager to scoop the competition, wishes he could know the news before it happens. A mysterious old man (John Philliber) grants the reporter that power, even as he cautions against using it. Now able to predict the news 24 hours in advance, the reporter goes about scooping all the other papers, picking sure-fire winners at the race track, and enjoying life... until he learns -- in advance, of course -- of his own death. Our hero's problem How can he keep the future from happening(imdb)　　主人公每天晚上都收到一份次日早上出版的报纸，他获悉自己在数小时内即将毙命，然而他却幸存下来了。（乔治·萨杜尔《世界电影史》）

一个流浪巴黎的街头歌手、他的好友以及一个两人都心仪的姑娘，三人的恋爱关系支撑了整部电影，故事性十分贫eee。导演莱恩·克莱尔的旷世激情与浪漫洋溢在巴黎的狭小出租屋中。本片描写了一个街头歌手竞争一个美丽姑娘的故事。通过歌曲对爱情和人性弱点的诙谐探索，世故的眼光和破天荒的新影音技术的使用捕获了巴黎浮华的气氛。

克莱尔移民好莱坞之前的社会讽刺剧，揭露资产阶级社会对工人机械式的控制和盘剥，带有轻喜剧风格，是一部早期经典。影片讲两个流浪汉在工业化和自动化浪潮中的不同遭遇，一个成了富翁，另一个只迷恋大自然。主角从监狱逃跑后，建了一座唱片厂（对百代公司的影射），流水线生产使得整个气氛跟监狱相差无几。 　　本片是卓别林《摩登时代》的灵感源泉，其犀利的思想性不亚于卓别林的那部。（本片的电影公司曾状告卓别林侵权，后来克莱尔放弃了诉讼，并表示“如果我能启发卓别林的灵感，那是我的荣幸”，而且承认自己作品中的流浪汉源自卓别林。）影片在没有剧本的情况下拍摄，由演员现场发挥。片中音乐的使用具有突破性，被誉为影史上最佳电影配乐之一。