The twelvemonth is 1924 and billionaire publishing house William Randolph William Randolph Hearst (Edward VIII Arminius) has arrange a birthday sail aboard his racing yacht, Oneida, for financially hard-pressed movie innovator Seth Thomas H. Ince (Cary Elwes). But problem is in the air, for among the guest is Charlie Charlie Chaplin (Eddie Z), who intend to steal William Randolph Hearst’s kept woman, the actress Marion Davy (Kirsten Dunst), right from under his olfactory organ.