April in Paris 1952 Miss Ethel Dynamite Jackson is a chorus girl who mistakenly receives an invitation from the State Department to represent the American theatre at an arts exposition in Paris, France Theres only one problem the invitation was meant for Miss Ethel Barrymore Meanwhile, S Winthrop Putnam, the bureaucrat who made the mistake, tries unsuccessfully to correct his mix up Its too late, for Dynamite Jackson is off to Paris, where the two meet and marry, or so they think