At the turn of the 20th century, travelling salesman Virgil Smith journeys to Vienna in the hope he can sell a gramophone to Emperor Franz Joseph, whose purchase of the recent American invention could spur its popularity in Austria.

• Paramount Pictures
• Bing Crosby
• Joan Fontaine
• Roland Culver
• Lucile Watson
• Richard Haydn
• Harold Vermilyea
• Sig Ruman
• Julia Dean