An affluent medical professor, Komiya, and his bossy wife, Tokio, are to look after Setsuko, their high-spirited niece from Osaka. Setsuko is a liberated woman who does what she wants, including smoking, even though she is a minor. On Saturday, the professor does not feel like going to his weekend golf game, but his wife packs him off anyway. So he leaves his bag at the apartment of his student Okada, and goes to a bar with a friend. Setsuko traces him there, and insists that he take her to a geisha house. When she gets rather tipsy, the professor calls Okada to take her home, while he sleeps at Okada's. The wife becomes suspicious of Setsuko when she sees Okada bringing her home, and also of her husband when she discovers that he did not go golfing.

孤儿海蒂（Shirley Temple 秀兰•邓波 饰）和黛特阿姨（Mady Christians 饰）生活在一起，然而黛特不愿继续在照顾外甥女，于是千里迢迢将海蒂送到偏远的善终——海蒂爷爷（Jean Hersholt 饰）的隐居之处。因失去儿子而沉浸悲伤之中爷爷阿道夫 起初无视这个从未见过面的孙女，但随着时间推移，祖孙俩的感情日益加深。                                                                      　　但是贪婪的黛特再次返回，骗走海蒂欲将其卖给他人作女佣。天使般的海蒂和主人家的病弱女儿安娜（Helen Westley 饰）培养出亲密的友情；另一方面，阿道夫也踏上寻找孙女的旅程……

 改编自赛珍珠的普立兹奖小说，是好莱坞在三十年代开始注意东方题材的代表性作品。影片虽是描写中国农村夫妇的悲剧故事，但主角均由美国人扮演，导演悉尼．弗兰克林也采取西方古典电影的风格来处理，在制作上相当严谨认真。剧情描写保罗．茂尼与路易丝．莱娜本来是贫困的农民，面对饥荒的威胁甚至以烤土充饥。后来茂尼得到了一笔财富，竟整天花天酒地迷恋情妇，莱娜只有发挥贤妻的耐性期待丈夫浪子回头。今天看来类似故事已显得老套，但本片的拍摄与特技表现杰出，路易丝．莱娜亦获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。

影片以阿尔及尔为背景,表现一个强盗遭到警察的追捕,只能在阿尔及尔的卡斯巴平民区一带逃窜,躲藏.最后,他企图同他的情人一起逃到巴黎,从此摆脱非人生活，但是,"命运"却使他无法搭船,只得愤而自杀.法国诗意现实主义代表作.

英俊潇洒的宋丹萍（金山 饰）是一名话剧演员，他与地主的女儿李晓霞（胡萍 饰）真心相爱，却遭到晓霞的父亲和恶霸汤俊（顾梦鹤 饰）的联合阻拦，宋更遭镪水泼面的虐待。在此之后，他假托死亡，白天躲在剧院阁楼，夜晚则引吭高歌，凄厉的歌声满载着对爱人的思念及对现实的控诉，久久盘桓在剧院上空，成为漫漫长夜挥之不去的鬼魅梦魇。春去秋来，花开花落，转眼几度春秋。十年后的某个雨夜，一个剧团几经辗转来到宋所栖身的剧院。青年演员孙小鸥（施超 饰），他偶然结识了宋丹萍，绵亘十年的爱恨孽缘将再次延续……                                                                      　　本片由冼星海作曲，田汉作词，该故事曾先后数次被搬上银幕。