Bread is a socially engaged drama which follows the fate of a woman struggling to pull herself out of poverty as she’s ruthlessly exploited by a string of men.

Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Cranston must assume the identity of the attorney. Before he can leave, a phone call summons the attorney to the home of Delthern, a wealthy client, who wants a new will drawn up. As Cranston meets with him, Delthern is suddenly shot, and Cranston is quickly caught up in a new mystery.

一场意外让中国女孩莲花（黄柳霜 饰）结识了美国人艾伦（肯尼斯·哈兰 Kenneth Harlan 饰），艾伦刚刚从一场可怕的海难中死里逃生，善良的莲花收留并且不离不弃的照顾着艾伦，随着时间的推移，两人渐渐走到了一起。莲花一心希望艾伦在痊愈之后能够对带她回美国，但是家庭的变故让艾伦无法顾及莲花，匆匆的回国了。
艾伦走后，莲花才发现自己的腹中怀上了他的孩子，莲花决定不顾众人的反对和奚落，生下孩子独自抚养，在此过程中，莲花给艾伦写过无数封信，但都石沉大海。终于，艾伦再度出现在了莲花的眼前，可是和他一起出现的，还有艾伦的妻子。