Jean Dixon

Pendant la Grande Dépression, alors que les bidonvilles s'étendent dans les terrains vagues, les riches continuent à faire la fête. Comme ce soir-là où la haute bourgeoisie s'est lancée dans une excentrique partie de chasse au trésor où le gagnant sera celui qui rapporte non pas un objet précieux, mais quelque chose dont personne ne veut. C'est ainsi qu'Irène, l'une des filles de la famille Bullock (famille qui ferait passer les patients de l’asile d’Arkham pour de charmants participants d'une convention Tupperware) ramène un sans-logis qu'elle exhibe, triomphante, à la party. Godfrey devient le protégé d’Irène qui lui offre un emploi de majordome... Mais on dirait que c'est celui que l'on surnomme « The Duke » qui tire les ficelles du jeu...

Une femme de ménage a des relations amoureuses avec un double, un millionnaire alcoolique et le maître de la maison.

Johnny Case, beau, insouciant et spirituel, n’a aucun mal à séduire la charmante Julia, rencontrée sur les pistes de ski de Lake Placid. Mais Johnny est loin d’imaginer que sa future épouse est la fille d’un richissime banquier qui n’approuve pas le projet de mariage de sa fille. Il y consent à condition que John se consacre a l’argent et rien que l’argent. Linda, la soeur de Julia, comprend son futur beau-frère lorsqu’il disparait le jour de ses fiançailles, et court le rejoindre pour vivre avec lui d’éternelles vacances.

Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.

A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that taking care of him at home (and especially his spoiled-brat daughter) is a lot different than taking care of him at work.

A gambler hires a detective to investigate when a murder is committed in his casino.

Après sa sortie de prison, Eddie Taylor ne peut profiter d'un répit. Accusé à nouveau, il doit partir en cavale avec sa femme Joan et son bébé. Il devient ensuite un véritable meurtrier en condamnant sa famille à une vie criminelle…

Lors d'une escale au Panama, Maggie King accepte à contrecœur de sortir avec le soldat Skid Johnson pour célébrer son dernier jour dans l'armée. Ils sont impliqués dans une bagarre et le bateau repart en direction des États-Unis sans Maggie. À court d'options, elle emménage avec Skid et son ami Harry.

Lorsqu'un médecin célèbre tue sa femme adultérine, il est défendu par son meilleur ami, un avocat - qui soupçonne que sa propre femme a une liaison.

Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keeping them together.

A love triangle forms the basis of this drama. It all begins in a steel mill when a steel worker ignores the besotted gazes of his landlady at the boarding house and falls in love with a gold-digger. His best friend also finds himself smitten by the seductive young woman. But when the one of the workers fritters away a collection that had been taken up for the wife of a deceased co-worker on a foolish bet, he and the vamp take off until the good-hearted landlady intervenes and convinces them to stay and take their lumps.

Much to the disapproval of his snooty children, a wealthy widowed attorney takes up with a beautiful but "lower-class" woman.

Nora Clegg, an actress, marries Carl Brent, an unemployed young engineer, whose estimation of his worth and ability keeps him from getting a job. He finally acquires a position that will require him to go to Russia for a period of time, while Nora goes back to the stage during his absence. But he loses out on the job at the last minute, and rather than tell Nora he has failed again, he steals a roll of money from his prospective employer to buy some things for Nora and go out and have a good time before, she things, his departure. His departure is to jail rather than Russia and he hides the truth from Nora by having an acquaintance mail his letters from Russia. He then finds out that Nora is pregnant.

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