A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.

Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.

At 10 years old, Owen becomes a ragged orphan when his mother dies. Abusive next-door neighbors the Conways take him in, and by 17, Owen has learned that might is right. At 25, he's a career gangster: loitering, gambling and drinking in dens of iniquity. Marie Deering arrives in Owen's area, eager to empower the impoverished, gang-affiliated youth through education. Owen slowly but surely leaves his old life behind, choosing the narrow path- all the while falling in love with Marie. Skinny, who's taken over Owen's role in the gang, reappears to him, spelling trouble.

A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.

Ronald s high school valedictory address praises books and condemns sports. His girlfriend Mary condemns his attitude. He fears losing her to rival Jeff, decides to go to college and pay more attention to sports.
冷面笑星-巴斯特基顿：出生于杂耍演员家庭，从小受到杂耍和滑稽表演的影响。稍长，随家在美国各地作杂技和滑稽演出。20世纪初，脱离家庭戏班子，在一些滑稽短片中充当配角，逐步走上拍喜剧片的道路。他是一位具有创造力的表演艺术家，在喜剧的黄金时代。他的声望同卓别林相媲美，因为惟有他同卓别林一样成功的创造了同内心感情状态相适应的视觉形象。基顿自有其独特的魅力。他扮演的角色，脸部毫无表情，即使在“卿卿我我”之时，也是肃穆凛然的。