When her elderly landlady dies, a young woman inherits her house and the resident ghost: a soldier of the American Revolution who cannot go to Heaven because he failed to deliver a message to George Washington.
A penniless theatre producer and his zany theatre flunkies obtain hotel rooms and rehearsal space by avoiding creditors while preparing for their surefire Broadway hit.
A successful actress is torn between the desire to marry and settle down, and the urge to continue her career on the stage. Her producer is against her plans to leave the stage, for a number of reasons.