这是嘉宝在美国拍的第一部电影。在一个西班牙小村庄里，富有的女主人多娜（玛托克斯 饰演）很不满自己的儿子拉斐尔（Ricardo Cortez 饰演）迷恋着农家女莉奥诺拉（嘉宝 饰演）。多娜禁止儿子和莉奥诺拉的往来，并且告诉莉奥诺拉的父母银行家要用他们的房子抵押欠款。在与母亲的争执中，拉斐尔退让了。为了给家庭谋得生路，拥有歌唱天赋的莉奥诺拉离开了村庄，去往巴黎谋求发展，并获得巨大成功，引来无数绅士与富豪的追捧。
与此同时，远在莉奥诺拉的家乡，她的父亲病逝了，而多娜正利用自己的权势为儿子谋求政治事业，并安排他迎娶富家女蕾梅迪奥斯（Gertrude Olmstead 饰演）。不久后，已经成名的莉奥诺拉回到了家中探望母亲佩帕（Lucy Beaumont 饰演）和曾教她唱歌的理发师朋友库皮多（Lucien Littlefield 饰演）。她并没有透露自己在巴黎的事业，而是告诉拉斐尔她仍然一贫如洗。但很快，拉斐尔就发现了她的真实身份，并不可抗拒地被她吸引着，而这威胁到了他和蕾梅迪奥斯的关系……他的母亲见状便再次出面干预。在洪水过后的一个深夜，莉奥诺拉和拉斐尔在柑桔园共度了一个激情之夜。多娜上门到莉奥诺拉的家中，指责莉奥诺拉的不检点。
莉奥诺拉回到了巴黎的舞台，而拉斐尔也如期举行了婚礼。然后不久之后，拉斐尔找到了莉奥诺拉，向她表达了爱意，并表示愿意为她抛弃一切。莉奥诺拉非常开心，打包了行李等待拉斐尔的归来。拉斐尔的律师朋友唐·安德烈（Tully Marshall 饰演）极力说服他不要意气用事，剩下莉奥诺拉又变成了孤独一人……

人气急升的著名女演员杰西卡是帅气男星达蒙的妹妹，她如日冲天的事业让她大红大紫人尽皆知。丈夫范斯带她去剧院拜访著名的制片人，然而回到家后，杰西卡开始语无伦次，次日哥哥达蒙却发现死在制片人的公寓里，到底发生了什么事情呢？

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