Often referred to as "The First Lady of the American Screen," Bette Davis created a new kind of screen heroine. She was a liberated woman in an industry dominated by men. She was known as an actress that could play a variety of difficult and powerful...
Jimmy Mason idolizes bootlegger Matt Kelly who is dating Peggy. Unwilling to squeal on his idol, Jimmy winds up in a cruel reformatory where a new- found friend is dying from abuse. Jimmy escapes to report the abuse. Matt and Peggy help him once he h...
Boozy, brassy Apple Annie, a beggar with a basket of apples, is as much as part of downtown New York as old Broadway itself. Bootlegger Dave the Dude is a sucker for her apples --- he thinks they bring him luck. But Dave and girlfriend Queenie Martin...
Broke Edith murders and assumes the identity of her recently widowed, well-to-do twin sister Margaret, who had married Edith's former flame 20 years before. Can she fool the servants and the authorities and keep her new-found wealth?...
宝贝·珍妮·汉德森(贝蒂·戴维斯 Bette Davis 饰)曾是风靡一时的童星,整个汉德森家都依靠她的收入过活,这使她的性格变得日益扭曲和跋扈。比起珍妮,作为姐姐的布兰奇·汉德森(琼·克劳馥 Joan Crawford 饰)不过是一只不足挂齿的丑小鸭,不仅妹妹对自己视若无睹,就连父亲对她都大呼小叫态度恶劣,忍气吞声的布兰奇在心中埋下了仇恨的种子。成年后的姐妹两地位发生了逆转,珍妮的愚蠢和怪癖让她逐渐过气,而颇有姿色的布兰奇倒是在演艺圈获得了空前的成功,尽管布兰奇处处提携珍妮,但珍妮无法平衡内心...