Välkommen till Grand Hotel, där tragedier, äventyr och romanser lurar bakom varje dörr. Den vackra men ensamma dansösen funderar på självmord; den dödssjuke expediten försöker få ut allt ur sin sista tid; den obarmhärtige affärsmannen planerar en affär som kan rädda hans karriär; den ambitiösa sekreteraren byter ut dygd mot framgång; och den ruinerade aristokraten söker sig till mer kriminella sätt att försörja sig. Djupt försjunkna i sina egna problem är dessa fem desperata gäster helt omedvetna om varandra ända tills ödet för dem samman och ändrar deras liv för alltid.
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
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."
Julie Andrews spelar Millie, en blåögd flicka från landet som kommer till storstaden för att hitta en man. Hon blir sekreterare hos den rike och berömde Trevor Graydons, den sköna Miss Dorothys väninna, kämpar mot den vita slavhandlaren Mrs Meers och umgås med den levnadsglade gemförsäljaren Jimmy. Till slut krävs det en rik och knasig jazzskönhet som Muzzy för att reda ut allt trassel, arrangera en stor fest och para ihop turturduvorna.
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.