Celestine, the chambermaid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to use her beauty to seduce a wealthy man. But Mr Lanlaire is not a right choice all the house is firmly controlled by Mme Lanlaire, helped by the strange valet Joseph. Then she tries the neighbour, ex-officer Mauger. This seems to work. But soon the son of the Lanlaires comes back. He is young, attractive, and does not share his mother's anti-republicans opinions. So Celestine's beauty attracts Captain Mauger, young Georges Lanlaire, and also Joseph. Three men, from three different social classes, with three different conceptions of life. Will Celestine be able to convince Georges of her sincerity
Will sinister and inflexible Joseph let his views upon Celestine be ruined
A quite disillusioned depiction of humanity.
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.
故事发生在法国大革命期间,来自英国伦敦的律师西德尼(罗纳德·考尔曼 Ronald Colman 饰)爱上了名为露西(伊丽莎白·艾兰 Elizabeth Allan 饰)的美丽女子,然而露西早已经有了心上人,没过多久,她便和法国贵族青年查尔斯(唐纳德·伍兹 Donald Woods 饰)结为夫妻。西德尼将对露西的感情深深埋藏在心底,由衷的祝福了这对新人。 革命爆发,法国国内局势一片混乱,革命牵连到了查尔斯,查尔斯遭到了囚禁,并且被判处了死刑。悲痛之中,走投无路的露西找到了西德尼,向他寻求帮助,看着眼前心碎的爱人,西德尼决定不惜一切代价救出查尔斯,哪怕这份代价就是牺牲自己的生命。