Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.

For other uses, see Torch song (disambiguation).
A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love, either where one party is oblivious to the existence www. aiyoutv.com of the other, where one party has moved on, or where a romantic affair has affected the relationship。[www. xiguatv8.com] The term comes from the saying, "to carry a torch for someone", or to keep aflame the light of an unrequited love. Tommy Lyman started the use in his praise of My Melancholy Baby.Torch singing is more of a niche than a genre, and can stray from the traditional jazz-influenced style of singing, although the American tradition of the torch song typically relies upon the melodic structure of the blues.[2] Some examples of torch songs are "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" (1927), "Lili Marlene" (1938), "One for My Baby" (1943), "Cry Me a River" (1953), "The Man That Got Away" (1954),[4] "Ne me quitte pas" and "Here's That Rainy Day" (1959), "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" (1965), "One Less Bell to Answer" (1970), "Losing My Mind" (1971), "And I Am Telling You" (1982), "I Will Always Love You" (Whitney Houston cover) (1997) and "You're Beautiful" (2004).

剧情从波兰女学生玛莉到巴黎求学开始，她因为跟退休科学家皮埃尔居礼共享一个实验室而日久生情，后来结为夫妇。同时他们继续从事科学实验，多年后发现了“镭”，因而成为世界知名的科学家，但居礼先生却在领奖前因车祸丧生。