A production company begins casting for its next feature, and an up-and-coming actress named Rose tries to manipulate her filmmaker boyfriend, Alex, into giving her a screen test. Alex's wife, Emma, knows about the affair and is considering divorce, while Rose's girlfriend secretly spies on her and attempts to sabotage the relationship. The four storylines in the film were each shot in one take and are shown simultaneously, each taking up a quarter of the screen.
조지 이스트맨(몽고메리 클리프트 분)은 가난하지만 잘 생기고 매력적이며 야망에 찬 인물로, 부유한 친척 찰스 이스트맨이 경영하는 공장에 취직하러 온 상태다. 외롭게 지내던 조지는 공장 여직원인 앨리스(셜리 윈터스)와 만나 사귀게 된다. 몇 달 후 승진하여 찰스의 소개로 사교계에 발을 들여놓게 된 조지는 눈부시게 아름다운 사교계의 꽃, 안젤라(엘리자베스 테일러)를 만나자마자 앨리스를 잊어버린다. 조지의 아이를 임신한 앨리스는 자신과 결혼하지 않으면 안젤라에게 이 사실을 폭로하겠다고 조지를 협박한다. 궁지에 몰리게 된 조지는 앨리스를 익사시키기 위해 배를 빌린다. 결국 앨리스는 익사하고 조지는 헤엄쳐서 살아나지만 경찰에 체포되고 사형을 선고받게 된다.
Phony spiritualists were given a good going-over in the early talkie melodrama Darkened Rooms. Evelyn Brent stars as Ellen, a fraudulent medium working in cahoots with genuine clairvoyant Emory Jago (Neil Hamilton). The plotline is secondary; the film's main purpose was to emulate the methods of such professional "de-bunkers" as Mrs. Harry Houdini by exposing the various tricks of the spiritualist's trade.
Egomaniacal baseball slugger Elmer Kane is not only good, he enjoys telling everybody how good he is. A professional scout, Bert Wade, takes an interest in Elmer, who in turn takes an interest in Evelyn Corey, an attractive actress.
Egomaniacal baseball slugger Elmer Kane is not only good, he enjoys telling everybody how good he is. A professional scout, Bert Wade, takes an interest in Elmer, who in turn takes an interest in Evelyn Corey, an attractive actress.
