Steve and Susan Ireland are about to celebrate their 4th wedding anniversary by re-enacting their first date. When Susan's meddling mother interrupts and injures herself. Steve is left to take care of her and when he meets an old flame in the elevator--Susan's mother takes the opportunity to break-up their marriage. She convinces Susan that Steve is cheating on her-Susan files for divorce. Steve has one solution to save his marriage...Pretend he is insane. Written by Kelly

　　孤儿海蒂（Shirley Temple 秀兰•邓波 饰）和黛特阿姨（Mady Christians 饰）生活在一起，然而黛特不愿继续在照顾外甥女，于是千里迢迢将海蒂送到偏远的善终——海蒂爷爷（Jean Hersholt 饰）的隐居之处。因失去儿子而沉浸悲伤之中爷爷阿道夫 起初无视这个从未见过面的孙女，但随着时间推移，祖孙俩的感情日益加深。
　　但是贪婪的黛特再次返回，骗走海蒂欲将其卖给他人作女佣。天使般的海蒂和主人家的病弱女儿安娜（Helen Westley 饰）培养出亲密的友情；另一方面，阿道夫也踏上寻找孙女的旅程……