Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxing at Palm Springs, a California winter resort; Barbara Stanwyck and Ricardo Cortez play golf; other celebrities are shown at Malibu Beach.
Fresh young boxer Buzz Kinney is just out of college. He's able to knock out Stag Bailey when the veteran becomes over confident. Later Buzz is a worn out wreck with a broken nose and cauliflower ear.
A ruthless stockbroker sells short in the copper business and ruins the life of his friends by ruining their finances.
迪兹（加里·库珀 Gary Cooper 饰）是一位小有成就的商人，早已经衣食无忧的他希望能够从繁忙的事务中脱身，将时间更多的花费在自己的兴趣爱好之上。一笔价值两千万的巨额遗产从天而降落到了迪兹的头上，报社问询派来了记者芭比（琪恩·亚瑟 Jean Arthur 饰），希望她能够从迪兹的身上挖掘出一些吸引眼球的新闻。
刚开始，芭比十分看不惯迪兹的处世为人，但随着时间的推移，她渐渐被后者的善良和正直所吸引，两人之间产生了浪漫的爱情。迪兹决定将得到的遗产用于帮助深陷贫困的人，这一举动遭到了律师约翰（Douglass Dumbrille 饰）的质疑，他坚定的认为迪兹的脑袋可能出了什么问题，甚至将他告到了法庭。
Early in the 19th century, the USS Constitution is launched as part of an effort to stop piracy in the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, a young man determined to go to sea is befriended by the bos'n of the merchant ship Esther, and he joins her crew. When the Esther reaches the Mediterranean, she too, along with the Constitution, becomes involved in the battle against the pirates.
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and scientific experiments moxia.cc usually end up causing disastrous results. As a result, the towns folk all think Tom is crazy, and creating a strained relationship between Tom and his father. Toms only solace is his understanding mother who believes he's headed to do great things.
A criminal known as Thunderbolt is imprisoned and facing execution. Into the next cell is placed Bob Morgan, an innocent man who has been framed and who is in love with Thunderbolt's girl, without knowing of their relationship. Thunderbolt hopes to stave off the execution long enough to kill young Morgan for romancing his girl.
The ship on which Bill Roberts is a stoker has just put into port, giving the crew one night ashore. The ship's bad-tempered third engineer orders the stokers to clean up, while the engineer heads for a dockside bar, where he has a confrontation with the wife he had abandoned. Then, as Bill himself goes ashore, he sees a young woman attempt to drown herself. Bill dives in, save...
杰瑞（帕特·奥布莱恩 Pat O'Brien 饰）和洛克（詹姆斯·贾克内 James Cagney 饰）是青梅竹马的好友，从小玩到大的两人之间感情十分要好，遗憾的是，成年之后，个性迥异的两人走上了完全不同的道路。
杰瑞成为了一名虔诚的神甫而洛克则加入了黑帮，之后，逐渐话不投机的两人渐行渐远。在复杂凶险的帮派争斗之中，小有名气的洛克成为了同伙陷害的对象，为了保护信赖的朋友，意气用事的洛克犯下了杀人之罪被捉拿归案，等待着他的，将是死刑的判决。在监狱中，洛克和杰瑞重逢了，回顾过往展望未来，两人不胜唏嘘。与此同时，杰瑞向洛克提出了一个请求，杰瑞知道，善良的洛克一定会答应他的请求。
