威廉·A·韦尔曼

　　San Francisco Tong hatchet man Wong must execute his boyhood friend Sun. Sun knew his time was up and wrote out his will just prior to Wong showing up at his door. When Sun realizes Wong is there to kill me he tries to set his friend's mind at ease by telling him he is the beneficiary of all Sun's worldly possessions and convinces Wong to promise to take care of Sun's young daughter, Toya San who Sun has bequeathed to become his wife. Years later, when she becomes of age, she marries Wong, now a powerful figure, though she loves evil Harry. When Wong learns Toya will be happier with Harry he allows them to leave. Still later Wong learns that Harry has been deported and since Toya could not prove she was married to someone else she too was deported to China. When Wong learns of this, he goes after them.

　　艾斯特（珍妮·盖诺 Janet Gaynor 饰）是怀揣着成名的梦想，刚刚步入好莱坞发展的年轻女演员，在大明星诺曼（弗雷德里克·马奇 Fredric March 饰）举办的慈善演出中，艾斯特大放异彩，成为了万众瞩目的焦点，而她和诺曼之间也相互吸引，渐渐产生了感情，就这样，两人走到了一起。　　诺曼用自己的人脉帮助艾斯特创造了一些演出机会，而艾斯特本身就是一个悟性非常高的女孩，拥有绝佳的表演天赋，没过多久，她就成为了冉冉升起的新星，未来可期，前途无量。但相对的，艾斯特的成名反衬出了诺曼的过气，他酗酒的毛病让他的星途屡遭滑铁卢。虽然妻子的优秀令诺曼感到自豪，但沮丧和挫败感亦在无时不刻的折磨着他。

　　记者威利（弗雷德里克·马奇 Fredric March 饰）正在经历他职场生涯中最大的危机，如果不能出现一个契机令他力挽狂澜，那么他就将一蹶不振。就在这个节骨眼上，一个名叫哈泽尔（卡洛·朗白 Carole Lombard 饰）的女孩出现在了威利的视野里，这个女孩受到了严重的核辐射，时日无多。威利决定利用她剩下的最后的日子带她进城见见世面，顺便再以此为题材写几篇催人泪下的新闻出来。　　哪知道哈泽尔实际上并没有受到核辐射，身体强壮的很呢。但是这个姑娘决定暂时隐瞒这一事实，先去纽约好好的玩一通再说。就这样，威利和哈泽尔踏上了他们充满了谎言和利益的旅途。

　　

　　一个商船的船长被当地的游客从中国共产党里援救出来，他强行当上一只旧汽船的水手，把整个村子的人运往香港。