In Padang, childhood friends Samsoelbahri and Siti Noerbaja fall in love and kiss on the veranda, but are soon parted by their parents. Samsoelbahri goes to Batavia to study, while Noerbaja must marry the contemptuous Datuk Meringgih so that he will forgive her father's debts. Writing to Samsoelbahri, Noerbaja tells him that they can never be together as she has married. However, when she realises Merringih's violent nature she runs away to Batavia to join Samsoelbahri. They fall in love again, but must part after Noerbaja hears of her father's death. She hurries back to Padang, where Meringgih's men kill her with poisoned food. Receiving news of her death by letter, Samsu seemingly commits suicide.
Asmara is already in love with Sanusi. But her father, Rasyid, accepts Sumantri’s proposal to marry Asmara with his son, Harun. Enraged by this match, Asmara says that she wants to be a mermaid and she runs away with Sanusi.
This film is the first talking picture made by Tan's Film.
Bang Puasa
Dasima's remorse worsens after she leaves her husband and her 8-year-old daughter, Nancy. Samiun’s first wife, Hayati, who is a heavy gambler, squanders all of Dasima’s wealth. Dasima plans to tell her former master about the ill-treatment that she has been receiving from her current husband, Samiun. Samiun panics. He asks Bang Puasa to kill Dasima. Based on a witness account, Bang Puasa and Samiun are arrested. The killer goes to prison while Samiun is sentenced with banishment.
A story of a hero from Betawi (local utterance of Batavia, now known as Jakarta), not unlike other stories, such as Si Jampang and Si Pitung.
This film tells the story of a nyai (mistress) who becomes famous after the publication of a book in 1896, and then popularized through theatre and the traditional performance of lenong. Dasima, a girl who is originally from Kuripan, Bogor, is married to an Englishman named Edward William. From Tangerang, she later moves to Batavia (Jakarta). She becomes well known for her beauty and wealth. One of her suitors is Samiun who is married to Hayati. Dasima is persuaded by Mak Buyung to leave her "master". But when she becomes Samiun's second wife, she is neglected.
