Les diferents històries dels hostes d'un hotel elegant són l'argument d'aquest film de repartiment brillant. Va obtenir només un Oscar, però va ser el de millor pel·lícula.
Alice Sycamore, l'única persona amb una mica de seny en una família plena de llunàtics, s'enamora del seu cap, Tony Kirby, que pertany a una família molt rica i molt cursi. La diferència entre l'estil de vida i la mentalitat d'ambdues famílies s'aguditzen quan els pares en soparan a casa, i el sopar acaba amb l'arribada de la policia i la detenció de tots els presents, acusats d'anarquistes.
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."
Millie (Julie Andrews) és una innocent noia que es trasllada del camp a la ciutat a la recerca de marit. Aviat es converteix en la secretària del ric i famós Trevor Graydon, fa amistat amb la dolça senyoreta Dorothy, s'enfronta a la tirania de la senyora Meers i es complica la vida amb Jimmy, un jove venedor de diaris.
New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich playboy who has money to burn and places to go.
A New York playboy, Wayne Carter, dates wild women until he falls for a hard-working stenographer, Helene Andrews.
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.
An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.
A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.
It's a busy day at the office, and the stenographer is exhausted from trying to keep up with the demands on her skills. Even when she stays late, she cannot catch up with all of the work. But then a man comes into the office to demonstrate the many advantages of the Edison System, his company's new business phonograph.
Billy Brooks, a lawyer, sets out to get a divorce for a client by framing him in a compromising situation. But the scheme goes askew when the client's wife gets a job as Billy's new stenographer and he, not knowing who she is, selects her as the correspondent to frame her own husband.