A Russian duke who's fallen on hard times tries to recover a stash of jewels hidden inside an armchair, but the chair gets sold at auction to a millionairess and he's forced to marry her in order to retrieve the treasure.
To get the love of a famous singer, a representative threatens to commit suicide if she does not marry him, pressed by guilt she agrees without suspecting that her new husband has too many unspeakable secrets.
A capricious "new rich" makes her employees suffer with her moods, until she hires a butler who will change her life.