宁静祥和的中国南方乡下小村庄，唐凌（沃尔特·休斯顿 Walter Huston饰）与家人一起幸福而忙碌的生活着。他的两个大儿子已经娶妻生子，最小的儿子（赫德·哈特菲尔德 Hurd Hatfield饰）仍怀揣着一腔热血。二儿子的妻子小玉（凯瑟琳·赫本 Katharine Hepburn饰）是一位拥有反抗精神的妇女，通过阅读书籍，她得到了先进的知识和进步的思想。然而这一切都被日军的侵华战争打破了，他们的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。面对破败的家园，年轻勇敢的女民兵小玉，带领村民与侵略者展开了英勇的斗争。 　　由美国米高梅公司出品，根据在中国长大的美国作家赛珍珠同名小说改编而成的影片《龙种》，荣获1945年第17届奥斯卡金像奖最佳女配角提名，最佳摄影（黑白）提名。这部讲述中国人抗日故事的影片，由好莱坞影星出演中国农民，让全世界看到中国人在反法西斯战争中的英勇斗争。

海因斯太太（瑙玛•希拉 Norma Shearer 饰）和丈夫结婚多年，两人之间的感情一直十分要好，然而有一天，她的好友希维尔告诉海因斯太太，实际上他的丈夫一直都和一位名叫克里斯托（琼•克劳馥 Joan Crawford 饰）的漂亮女人有着私情。在希维尔的怂恿之下，海因斯太太找到了克里斯托，当面和她对质，哪知道克里斯托头脑聪明又伶牙俐齿，两人交锋数回合，最终海因斯太太败下阵来。
海因斯太太和丈夫摊牌，哪知道最终却落得了一个离婚的下场。伤心和愤怒之中，海因斯太太来到里诺，在这里结识了一群和她有着相似遭遇的女人们。其中，海因斯太太和一位名叫玛丽安的女士格外交好。

伐木工头Barney野心勃勃，他提出要升级为老板的合伙人，而老板提出了要求：他必须娶老板的女儿。
他答应了，而就在婚前，他在小酒馆遇上了一个漂亮姑娘Lotta，并且彼此相爱了......

In rural 1840's Scotland, Gavin Dishart arrives to become the new "little minister" of Thrums's Auld Licht church. He meets a mysterious young gypsy girl in the dens and to his horror Babbie draws him into her escape from the soldiers after she incites a Luddite riot. But unknown to Gavin, Babbie is more than she seems. And they must overcome her secret, the villagers' fears of her, and worst of all, Gavin's devotion to his mother's sensibilities, before they can openly declare their love.
—Kathy Li

Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film director Max Carey when he stumbles into her restaurant. Max invites Mary to his film premiere and, after a night of drinking and carousing, Mary is granted a screen test. A studio contract follows. Just as Mary finds her dreams coming true, Carey’s life and career begins its descent.

All of those handsome young men in their flying machines are billeted in a field next to the Widow Berthelot's farmhouse in France. Her daughter Jeannine is curious about the young men fighting for England in World War I and their airplanes. Then one of the aviators is killed. His replacement is Captain Philip Blythe who can't help but notice Jeannine. When he lands the first time, she is standing in the middle of his "runway." She makes a more favorable impression when he sees her later by the lilacs. When all of the young men depart on a mission, Blythe promises to return.

Katherine Emerson, an Iowa girl hungry for the good things in life, leaves her small hometown and sets out for New York. En route, she is involved in a train wreck in which another woman is killed. Katherine finds the woman's purse and, among its contents, discovers an invitation for the woman to spend 6 months in an unoccupied luxury apartment in Manhattan. Katherine seizes this opportunity and sets up housekeeping in the elegant suite, living well and dressing in the newest fashions.