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In 1685, sea-captain Adhémar plans to marry his ward Antoinette to his nephew René, though Antoinette loves the lawyer Frontignac and René longs for Dora, a Creole girl he met in Guadeloupe. When Adhémar returns with Dora, Antoinette and René pretend to be married to conceal their own arrangements. A letter aboard ship leads Adhémar to permit René and Dora to wed.
At an inn near Parma, servants Giletti and Marietta accept money to impersonate a conspiratorial count and countess. The Archduke Ernest falls for Marietta, abdicates in her favor, and is later caught trying to visit her incognito. He recovers his crown, while Giletti and Marietta use their reward to buy the inn.
At a convent, organist Célestin secretly composes operettas as Floridor. Denise, a convent boarder promised to Fernand, discovers Célestin’s secret and learns his score. In Paris, she takes the stage as Mam’zelle Nitouche when the star refuses to perform. At the barracks, she disguises herself as a dragoon while escaping with Célestin. Fernand realizes he loves Denise, and the pair marry after she reveals her identity.
In ancient Greece, Xinthias loves Myrrha, but her father intends her to marry the wealthy older Xénon. Following an oracle’s advice, Xinthias shelters Plutus, god of wealth, who makes him rich by diverting a gold-bearing river through his house and village. The new wealth corrupts the villagers and leads Xinthias’s father to forbid his son’s marriage. Plutus ultimately restores the lovers and their neighbors to poverty and happiness.
In 1685, sea-captain Adhémar plans to marry his ward Antoinette to his nephew René, though Antoinette loves the lawyer Frontignac and René longs for Dora, a Creole girl he met in Guadeloupe. When Adhémar returns with Dora, Antoinette and René pretend to be married to conceal their own arrangements. A letter aboard ship leads Adhémar to permit René and Dora to wed.
At an inn near Parma, servants Giletti and Marietta accept money to impersonate a conspiratorial count and countess. The Archduke Ernest falls for Marietta, abdicates in her favor, and is later caught trying to visit her incognito. He recovers his crown, while Giletti and Marietta use their reward to buy the inn.
At a convent, organist Célestin secretly composes operettas as Floridor. Denise, a convent boarder promised to Fernand, discovers Célestin’s secret and learns his score. In Paris, she takes the stage as Mam’zelle Nitouche when the star refuses to perform. At the barracks, she disguises herself as a dragoon while escaping with Célestin. Fernand realizes he loves Denise, and the pair marry after she reveals her identity.
In ancient Greece, Xinthias loves Myrrha, but her father intends her to marry the wealthy older Xénon. Following an oracle’s advice, Xinthias shelters Plutus, god of wealth, who makes him rich by diverting a gold-bearing river through his house and village. The new wealth corrupts the villagers and leads Xinthias’s father to forbid his son’s marriage. Plutus ultimately restores the lovers and their neighbors to poverty and happiness.