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.
Jimmy Mason idolizes bootlegger Matt Kelly who is dating Peggy. Unwilling to squeal on his idol, Jimmy winds up in a cruel reformatory where a new- found friend is dying from abuse. Jimmy escapes to report the abuse. Matt and Peggy help him once he has escaped.
With the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, General George Washington took Colonel Hamilton with him into the newly formed government. While the main disagreements in the early days was over paying the soldiers who had fought in the War, Hamilton also dedicated his energies towards a national bank so that the United States would be able to trade with other countries. He foug...
Three men in London compete for the love of a dance-hall girl.
海伦（玛琳·黛德丽 Marlene Dietrich 饰）原本拥有一个幸福的家庭，和丈夫爱德华（赫伯特·马歇尔 Herbert Marshall 饰）之间感情十分要好，两人共同抚养着小儿子约翰（迪基·穆尔 Dickie Moore 饰），生活堪称典范。然而，战争的开始打破了笼罩在这家人头上的宁静时光，爱德华穿上军装走上了战场，毫不意外的，最终，海伦在焦急和担忧中迎来了爱德华的死讯，与此同时，海伦赖以生存的房子也在一把火中化为乌有，无奈之下，她只得沦为娼妓。
很快，海伦便凭借着自己的美貌和智慧在欢场了声名远扬，人们称她为“金发维纳斯”。海伦希望能够在自己的恩客中找到下半生的依靠，但遗憾的是，这些男人根本没有想过要对她负责。
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。
Henriette and Louise, a foundling, are raised together as sisters. When Louise goes blind, Henriette swears to take care of her forever. They go to Paris to see if Louise's blindness can be cured, but are separated when an aristocrat lusts after Henriette and abducts her. Only Chevalier de Vaudrey is kind to her, and they fall in love. The French Revolution replaces the corrupt...
