Judge William Billy Priest lives in a very patriotic (Confederate) southern town. Priest plays a laid-back, widowed judge who helps uphold the law in his toughest court case yet. In the meantime, he plays matchmaker for his young nephew.

希尔维尼亚女王露易斯（珍妮特·麦克唐纳 Jeanette MacDonald 饰）常年过着离群索居深入简出的日子，长久的孤独让她内心里充满了对爱情的渴望。露易丝听闻雷纳德伯爵（莫里斯·切瓦力亚 Maurice Chevalier 饰）风流倜傥，深谙勾女之道，于是将他从法国传唤回国。来到女王身边之后，雷纳德使出了浑身的解数来讨女王欢心，成果喜人，很快，女王便…