[3] An earlier film with the same title Luxury Liner (1933), starred George Brent and Zita Johann, and was directed by Lothar Mendes.

Jeremy Bradford, the captain of an ocean liner, visits his teenaged daughter named Polly, and takes her to see a performance of the opera Aida.

Also on board is Laura Dene, a jilted bride, and her fiancé Charles, who can't decide if he wants to marry her.

Captain Bradford forgives Polly for stowing away, and he allows her to sing a duet with Olaf aboard ship.

Polly is equally pleased when her father develops a romantic interest in Laura, which turns out to be mutual.