贝蒂·戴维斯

Reporter Curt Devlin loves sob sister Ellen Garfield but believes women are bum newspapermen. When she learns the identity of a murdered arsonist, he calls it luck. When she goes after the murderer he gets enough evidence to have Maitland Coulter arrested. She finds a bunch of not guilty ballots and publishes the wrong story; he eavesdrops on the jury and gets the correct verdict. After being fired she gets a confession from the real killer and gets Coulter released.

迪莉娅（米利亚姆·霍普金斯 Miriam Hopkins 饰）原本要和克莱姆（乔治·布伦特 George Brent 饰）携手步入婚姻的殿堂，然而半路杀出了个富豪吉姆（詹姆斯·斯蒂芬森 James Stephenson 饰），迪莉娅始乱终弃，最终嫁给了吉姆。　　迪莉娅的堂妹夏洛特（贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰）非常同情克莱姆的遭遇，陪伴并且时时安慰他，不幸的是，克莱姆在战场上身亡了，而此时夏洛特的腹中已经怀上了克莱姆的孩子。最终，夏洛特生下了孩子，并交给莉迪亚抚养，而吉姆的堂兄乔伊（威廉姆·霍珀 William Hopper 饰）则爱上了楚楚可怜的夏洛特，这令善妒的莉迪亚气的快要发疯，发誓一定要破坏两人之间的感情。

Mystery writer Janet Frobisher lives alone in a dark English country house, when she's not philandering with her secretary's fiancée. At an extremely awkward moment, she has an unwelcome visitor George Bates, who claims to be the partner in crime of Janet's estranged husband. George insinuates himself into Janet's home and life despite her efforts to get rid of him; the tangled relationships develop into a macabre, murderous cat-and-mouse game.

During a cross-country lecture tour, notoriously acerbic radio personality Sheridan Whiteside slips on the icy steps of the house of the Stanleys, a prominent Ohio family, and is forced to recuperate in their home during the Christmas holidays. The overbearing, self-centered celebrity soon comes to dominate the lives of the residents and everyone else who enters the household. He encourages young adults Richard and June Stanley to pursue their dreams, much to the dismay of their conventional father Ernest.　　Meanwhile, Whiteside's spinster assistant Maggie Cutler finds herself attracted to local newspaperman Bert Jefferson. When she reads Bert's play, she is so impressed she asks Whiteside to show it to his contacts, and then announces she will quit his employment and marry Bert. However, her boss is loath to lose such an efficient aide and does his best to sabotage the blossoming romance...

故事发生在充满了异域风情的马来西亚，莱斯利（贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰）在那里和丈夫罗伯特（赫伯特·马歇尔 Herbert Marshall 饰）一起经营着一间橡胶种植园，日子过得十分安逸。某天，罗伯特外出公干，留下莱斯利一人看家，哪知道很快，便传来了噩耗，莱斯利开枪将一个名叫大卫的男人给打死了，而莱斯利坚称大卫想要袭击她，她开枪杀人纯属自卫。　　罗伯特相信了莱斯利所言，找到了律师霍华德（詹姆斯·斯蒂芬森 James Stephenson 饰）为妻子辩护，可是，让他们没有想到的是，大卫的妻子哈蒙德太太（盖尔·桑德加德 Gale Sondergaard 饰）手上握有莱斯利和大卫偷情的证据。

商业艺术家海伦鲍尔认为婚姻会扼杀浪漫。她和广告作家唐·彼得森住在一起。他说服她嫁给他。后来他继续与客户佩吉·史密斯合作；海伦与唐的竞争对手尼克·马尔文合作。最后，这对夫妇同意再给婚姻一次机会。

琼（贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰）是衔着金汤匙出生的千金小姐，她的生活虽然富足，但并不快乐，因为她缺少一样东西，那就是自由。一次偶然中，琼邂逅了名为艾伦（杰克·卡森 Jack Carson 饰）的乐队指挥，琼一下子被他的风度翩翩给吸引了，两人火速发生了关系，并且决定私奔结婚。　　女儿的失踪令琼的父亲感到非常的着急，他找来了技术十分了得的飞机师史蒂夫（詹姆斯·卡格尼 James Cagney 饰），委托他驾驶飞机将自己的女儿带回德州。哪知道琼误以为史蒂夫是绑架犯，千方百计的想要从飞机上逃走，闹出了一连串的笑话。祸不单行，在沙漠上空，史蒂夫的飞机发生了故障，一行人被迫降落在了茫茫的沙海之中。