Writer
Adapted from the TV and radio series of the same name, the producer of said show reads letters from three woman providing the framing story for this melodrama anthology film. The tales focus on parenting and family struggles.
Original Story
A bank president and his wife, facing a crisis in their life and both nearing the age of fifty, look back on what has happened to them over the years of their marriage.
Novel
Professor Henry Barnes decides he's lived long enough and contemplates suicide. His attitude is changed by Peggy Taylor, a chipper young mother-to-be who charms him into renting out his attic as an apartment for her and her husband Jason, a former GI struggling to finish college.
Writer
Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.
Story
Linda works at an advertising agency, but, unlike the other women in the secretarial pool, she hopes to succeed in the business rather than just find a husband. She rises through the ranks, becoming a copywriter, and attracts the attention of Jimmy, an amorous coworker who wants to marry her. But Jimmy is jealous of Linda's career and of Harry, a radio executive who works with Linda, and their marriage gets off to a very rough start.
Novel
John, un novelista neoyorkino, conoce a Sarah, una afamada actriz. Su amor es tan fuerte que se casan sin conocer uno demasiado del otro. Durante su Luna de Miel, empiezan a darse cuenta de la popularidad que despiertan cada uno frente a los demás, y varios enredos se les presentarán inoportunamente.
Novel
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for Kay who is already engaged to Bill. Scott pursues Kay like crazy, going so far as to buy Bill's oil company so that he can banish him to Japan, leaving Kay unmoored.
Story
Van Stanhope (Clark Gable) depende totalmente de su secretaria Whitey Wilson (Jean Harlow), a la que ve a todas horas para tratar de los asuntos de la empresa. Esto y sus constantes viajes de negocios hacen que pase muy poco tiempo con su esposa Linda (Mirna Loy), que no alberga la más mínima sospecha hasta que su suegra (May Robson) hace que empiece a desconfiar de su marido.
Story
At a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful young girl who's loved by a younger and not-so-wealthy man.
Novel
A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs.
Novel
Un empresario no permite que nada se interponga en su camino en la adquisición de un edificio de oficinas de 100 pisos.
Writer
In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.
Screenstory
Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's duties creates a relationship approaching that of his wife. Little does Larry know that sometimes literature mirrors life.