Elsie Esmond

A young man proposes a lottery with himself as the prize in marriage. However he finds himself very much in love with a woman other than the winner.

A young man and woman are considering marriage; eugenicist Harry J Haiselden warns that they are ill-matched and will produce defective offspring. He is right; their baby is born defective, dies quickly and floats into heaven.

Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a breach of promise suit in Hollywood. Her daughter Gwen must decide between going on stage, or settling down in a conventional marriage. Julie is just thinking that it would be nice to retire and get married, when who should turn up but her old beau, Gilmore Marshal, the platinum magnate from South America.

Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time he turns the charm on Dorothy Hope, whose father is big in linoleum and who, before Willie's arrival, was about to become engaged to a Russian aristocrat.

1847, en France. La courtisane Marguerite Gautier fait la connaissance d'Armand Duval, dont elle ne tarde pas à s'éprendre. Le jeune homme est aussi beau que riche, mais contre toute attente, la jeune femme, que ronge en secret la tuberculose, devient peu de temps après la maîtresse du riche baron de Varville, capable de lui assurer une existence luxueuse. Malgré tous ses efforts, Marguerite ne parvient pas à oublier le séduisant Armand. Et leurs rencontres clandestines et enflammées ne font qu'amplifier leur dévorante passion. Lorsque Marguerite refuse de l'accompagner en Russie, le baron comprend alors qu'il n'est pas le seul à bénéficier des faveurs de la dame...