简介：山姆（沃尔特·休斯顿 Walter Huston 饰）虽然有钱但过得并不快乐，他和妻子芙兰（鲁斯·查特顿 Ruth Chatterton 饰）之间的感情并不融洽，芙兰向往充满了刺激的生活，为了满足妻子的要求，山姆带着芙兰踏上了前往欧洲的旅途。在途中，芙兰邂逅了一名英俊的男爵，为了和男爵在一起，她无情的抛弃了山姆。　　伤心欲绝的山姆流浪在异国他乡，偶然之中邂逅了名为伊迪斯（玛丽·阿斯特 Mary Astor 饰）的寡妇。伊迪斯的善良和开朗深深的吸引着山姆，两人之间迸发出了无疑伦比的激情，可是，就在山姆想要和伊迪斯私定终身之时，被男爵抛弃的芙兰回到了他的身边。

简介：George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. Brummel, broken-hearted, embarks upon a life of revelry. He befriends the Prince of Wales and leaves the army, becoming subsequently the best-known rake and decider of fashion in Europe. As his affairs flourish, so does his disdain for his benefactor, the Prince. Eventually Brummel falls into disfavor, and it is only Lady Margery who has any chance of helping him.