A line from Whitman, "There was a child went forth every day," starts this film: a visit to a farm that's a summer camp and progressive school for exploration and discovery. The children, as young as two or three, have room and time to question, wonder, and learn. We build a wading pool, use tools, climb and swing, bath a dog - and learn to live together. There are spats, and little adult interference. A tree house sparks children's imagination. They visit a neighboring farm, play with the animals and ride on a tractor that's plowing. They eat and nap. There's story time, easels for art, and a lollipop. It's the perfect place for city children to be safe from bombardment, says the narrator.
Marsha Mitchell, a traveling dress model, stops in a southern town to see her sister who has married a Ku Klux Klansman. Marsha sees the KKK commit a murder and helps District Attorney Burt Rainey in bringing the criminals to justice.
好莱坞的声名终会消散——只需问问诺玛·戴斯蒙德。她曾是影坛传奇,如今已成被人遗忘的旧时代残影。当穷困潦倒的编剧乔·吉利斯误入她那衰败的宅邸,便陷入了她偏执与妄想的罗网。起初看似机遇的邂逅,很快演变为一场危机四伏的困局。这部作品被广泛认为是好莱坞黄金时代最伟大的影片之一,它以阴郁、扭曲又萦绕人心的视角,凝视着好莱坞的轮回——那里青春是流通货币,才华转瞬即逝,而聚光灯终会黯淡。[派拉蒙影业]
A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
过气演员诺玛(葛洛丽亚·斯旺森 Gloria Swanson 饰)已经将近50岁,曾经的风华绝代正在她居住的荒废豪宅里慢慢凋谢,身边只有好友马克思(埃里克·施特罗海姆Erich von Stroheim)伺奉。她没放弃重燃光辉的梦想,《莎乐美》的剧本正待编写,而逃避债务逃至此地的没落编剧乔(威廉·霍尔登 William Holden饰),正是这项事业的最佳候选。诺玛收留他住下,给他提供舒适的环境写作,并慢慢的倾心于他。但是,乔并不能接受这个青春已逝的妇人。他拒绝了她,并转过身和另一个美丽的女子谋划新的剧本,他们相爱,打得火热。
诺玛得知了乔的“背叛”,她卑微地哀求他,却动摇不了他渐行渐远的心,诺玛终于举起枪对准正要离开的乔。
有史以来最严重的大地震撼动了南加州。不只把洛杉矶夷为平地,更让住在当地的所有人的生活为之天翻地覆。在整座城市试着在恐怖的地震再度来袭前重新恢复正常时,陌生人也必须担任起英雄的角色。