On leave in Italy, Lt. Tommy Knowlton falls in love with Jean Standish, who's not only married, but is the daughter of his submarine's commander. Friction between the two officers becomes intolerable once at sea and after Commander Toler is forced to abandon Tommy's best friend topside while the sub dives to escape enemy planes, Tommy is no longer able to contain his anger.

Virginia, who studies at a boarding school for upper-class girls, falls in love with a medical intern who works as a waiter for a living. Both the director of the school and her mother oppose such a relationship.

An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.

1937 film by William Dieterle, William Keighley

A talented boxer and a gifted dancer hope to increase their waning popularity by inventing a fictitious love affair for the benefit of the tabloids.

Reporter Curt Devlin loves sob sister Ellen Garfield but believes women are "bum newspapermen". When she learns the identity of a murdered arsonist, he calls it luck. When she goes after the murderer he gets enough evidence to have Maitland Coulter arrested. She finds a bunch of "not guilty" ballots and publishes the wrong story; he eavesdrops on the jury and gets the correct verdict. After being fired she gets a confession from the real killer and gets Coulter released.

Dan Bellows是一位初绽锋芒的建筑师，他在未婚妻的鼓励陪伴下，正在进行一座建筑工程的规划设计。这时，他遇见了Joyce Heath,曾经对他影响重大的天才演员。这位沉寂的女明星因周遭人的事故背上了"不幸之女"的称号，如今日日赴酒神盛宴，于悬崖跳舞。昏迷在小酒馆的她被心怀感恩的Dan带回乡间别墅。却不想两人在别墅里日渐擦出火花。Dan取消了婚约，自掏腰包让她重返舞台。一切都在向好的方向发展，Joyce却越来越忧心，比起不幸的命运，她深藏的秘密和她的反应才真正决定了故事的结局...