A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through his abdication, his decline and dissolute lifestyle; his exploitation by the invading Japanese, and finally to his obscure existence as just another peasant worker in the People's Republic.

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.

Mala zemlja Freedonia nalazi se pred bankrotom i posuđuje ogromnu sumu novaca od imućne udovice, gđe Teasdale. Na njezin zahtjev za novog predsjednika izabere se ludi Rufus T. Firefly i tu počinje urnebes. Još veći kaos stvaraju špijuni susjedne zemlje, Chicolini i Pinky, u potrazi za tajnim informacijama.

Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson's niece Olivia takes a liking to Danny, and comes to believe that he may have been involved in the disappearance of a local woman.

An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.