宝贝·珍妮·汉德森(贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰)曾是风靡一时的童星,整个汉德森家都依靠她的收入过活,这使她的性格变得日益扭曲和跋扈。比起珍妮,作为姐姐的布兰奇·汉德森(琼·克劳馥 Joan Crawford 饰)不过是一只不足挂齿的丑小鸭,不仅妹妹对自己视若无睹,就连父亲对她都大呼小叫态度恶劣,忍气吞声的布兰奇在心中埋下了仇恨的种子。成年后的姐妹两地位发生了逆转,珍妮的愚蠢和怪癖让她逐渐过气,而颇有姿色的布兰奇倒是在演艺圈获得了空前的成功,尽管布兰奇处处提携珍妮,但珍妮无法平衡内心的落差,总是想方设法和姐姐作对。 一场突如其来的车祸使得布兰奇永远失去了双腿,珍妮也因此变得疯疯癫癫,布兰奇想把珍妮送进医院,珍妮却想消抹布兰奇的存在,彻底的取代她的位置。最亲近的两个女人在一处隐秘的别墅里开始了相互折磨的生活,而在这生活之下,似乎还隐藏着什么不可告人的秘密。
Eighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident that killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is persuaded to help educate and possibly heal Esther. Margaret grows to love Esther as a daughter, but finds Esther's innocence threatened by sleazy promoters and her own sleazy ex-husband.
一个为女儿牺牲一切的母亲,在婚姻破裂之后,她仍然卖命赚钱,好让她的长女安白兰丝能够上好的学校,穿漂亮的衣裳。不料女儿是个自私自利的家伙,未但不知感恩,还背着母亲跟她的情夫幽会。后来白兰丝失手将情夫杀死,克劳馥还自顾为女儿顶罪,真是可怜天下父母心。
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
Teenage friends Kit and Libby make prank phone calls for fun but then find themselves involved in a brutal double murder committed by one of their targets.
When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter; however, his naive younger brother Rodney takes a twisted path and gets involved with the wrong people.