When their mother dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher who has been the nanny to his 3 children but now has an infant to care for. The children grow up and Frederick becomes rich and successful. He and Emma marry, as it turns out right before his death, and his will becomes a source of trouble between the children and Emma.
Sadie McKee的一生跌宕起伏。她是富有的阿尔德森家族的厨师之女,当律师的迈克.阿尔德森喜欢她,但她与男友汤米私奔至纽约。二人本来准备结婚,但是汤米勾搭上舞女多莉之后抛弃了Sadie。Sadie留在纽约,结识了迈克的老板,百万富翁布瑞南。布瑞南是一个酒鬼,然而Sadie为了钱,与之结婚。迈克得知后,认为她是一个拜金女,但是后来见她辛苦地帮布瑞南戒酒,改变了观点。后来,Sadie得知她的旧爱汤米有了麻烦,就离开布瑞南前去帮助他,却不知道这将置自己于多大的困境……
继承父亲遗产后于职场中杀伐决断、有所建树的中年女总裁,在爱情面前放弃独善其身的人生信条,同年轻下属走入婚姻殿堂,婚后发现丈夫与妹妹的秘密情事后毅然放手成全——影片的情节,如今看来已是老生常谈,但若论真正让本片熠熠生辉的原因,除了对于“社会性别期待“等经久不衰的议题的讨论,不可忽视的是主角波琳·弗雷德里克(Pauline Frederick)风趣、干练而又感人至深的表演。童年时期父母离异后被母亲抚养长大的波琳,自小便确立了演艺事业的理想,二十岁时便已担任巡回演出剧目的主角,虽然波琳·弗雷德里克在32岁时才出演了自己的银幕处女作——由休·福特和埃德温·鲍特指导的《不朽城》(The Eternal City, 1915),但她依旧是最早前往好莱坞发展的百老汇明星之一,后来也成为了最早接演“有声片”(波琳曾接受系统的声乐、表演训练)的知名演员之一。事业方面可...
Mike Brannon is a former war hero turned midget car racer. His ruthless racing tactics have made him successful but the fans consider him a villain and boo him mercilessly. Independent, beautiful reporter Regina Forbes tries to interview him but is put off by his gruff chauvinism, and when Brannon's daredevil tactics cause the death of a fellow driver, he finds himself a pariah...
又是一部描写两个男子追求一个女社会名流的情节剧,稍有可取之处的是布朗的稳健导演和亚德里安新式的服装设计。
亚德里安决定把Joan男子样的宽肩作为她独具的特征,并且用垫肩来加以突出。结果到处的女人们都崇尚这种样式,而垫肩成为当时风行于世的最时髦的服装式样。曾经十次荣获学会服装设计奖的伊迪斯赫德认为,在电影史上,Letty Lynton 是对服装式样影响最大的一部影片。
Carroll, directed by Clarence Brown and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Polio breaks out in Rio de Janeiro, the serum is in Santiago and there's only one way to get the medicine where it's desperately needed: flown in by daring pilots who risk the treacherous weather and forbidding peaks of the Andes.