Dan Bellows是一位初绽锋芒的建筑师,他在未婚妻的鼓励陪伴下,正在进行一座建筑工程的规划设计。这时,他遇见了Joyce Heath,曾经对他影响重大的天才演员。这位沉寂的女明星因周遭人的事故背上了"不幸之女"的称号,如今日日赴酒神盛宴,于悬崖跳舞。昏迷在小酒馆的她被心怀感恩的Dan带回乡间别墅。却不想两人在别墅里日渐擦出火花。Dan取消了婚约,自掏腰包让她重返舞台。一切都在向好的方向发展,Joyce却越来越忧心,比起不幸的命运,她深藏的秘密和她的反应才真正决定了故事的结局...
Joe Anton (Raft) is a speakeasy owner who falls in love with socialite Miss Healy (Cummings). He takes lessons in high-class mannerisms from Mabel Jellyman (Skipworth). Joe does not know that Miss Healy only pays attention to him because he lives in the elegant building that her family lost in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. After a risky encounter with his old flame Iris Dawn (...
Set against the background of the Battle of Waterloo, Becky Sharp is the story of Vanity Fair by Thackeray. Becky and Amelia are girls at school together, but Becky is from a "show biz" family, or in other words, very low class. Becky manages to insinuate herself in Amelia's family and gets to know all their friends. From this possibly auspicious- beginning, she manages to ruin...
Wealthy John Glidden wants to give his money away to strangers rather than have his relatives fight over it. We see the effect the gifts have on many different sorts of individuals.
影片通过一系列片断回忆一位老人所迷恋的一位极其高傲的女性。故事背景是幻想中的西班牙狂欢节。在咖啡馆中,老人把经历对游行中遇到的年轻朋友娓娓道来,这位年轻人同样是个伤心人。尽管他发誓不会重蹈老人的覆辙,但是却依然对傍晚与情人的约会期待万分。美艳绝伦的西班牙女郎,令男人神魂颠倒;位高权重的军卫被逗得心痒难耐,为她大洒金钱,只落得被玩弄摆布,与情敌决斗更差点赔上性命。
同一小说,在布纽尔手中成了超现实的《模糊的情欲对象》(1977);史登堡亲自掌镜,双面娇娃的勾魂媚态,在如梦似幻光影下更教人欲拒还迎。是女人变幻无常,还是男人执迷自虐,才是情欲嘉年华的真实色相?大导与女神最后一次合作,虽面对外交风波与道德批判(十七分钟片段被剪),玛莲德烈治却自言是最心爱电影。