The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple whom they initially brought together.

Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy firemen try to help out; things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire.

In this whimsical bit o� blarney from George M. Cohan�s 1922 hit, Judy Garland plays dual roles: plucky Irish immigrant Nellie (Judy�s first grownup part) and her daughter, Little Nellie. Both Nellies contend with the same cantankerous coot, the laze?about father (Charles Winninger) who fusses mightily when Nellie marries an upstanding lad (George Murphy) and repeats the process years later when Little Nellie falls in love. Radiant and winning, Garland sings It�s a Great Day for the Irish, Singin� in the Rain and more classic tunes. But the film�s finest moment may be the heartrending hospital scene in which Garland�s touching, emotionally subtle performance gives promise of the superb dramatic actress she would become.

When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.