Rudolph Christians

어리석고 뻔뻔할 정도로 무성의하고 여자라면 가리지 않지만 위험한 상황에서는 비겁하기 그지 없는 카람진 백작(에리히 폰 스트로하임 분)은 무심한 외교관 앤드류 J.휴즈(루돌프 크리스티안스 분)의 아내 앨렌 휴즈(미스 듀퐁 분)을 유혹하는데...

Jan Saxe and Peter Harlingen, two young men from Holland, arrive in America with little orphan Bertha Kruger whom they have befriended during the trip and whom they both love. Bertha has come to live with her blind Aunt Sophie, and when Jan secretly raises $500 for an operation to restore her aunt's sight, Bertha marries Peter, believing that he was the donor of the "secret gift."

Struggling artist Ned Templeton and his wife Joan are leading a poverty-stricken life in Paris. Threatened by starvation and eviction, Joan is forced to become a prostitute. After some time, Ned becomes successful, and he and Joan move to New York. There he meets Helen, daughter of wealthy art patron James Cartwright. Cartwright was the man who "bought" Joan in Paris, and when he learns that his daughter's happiness depends upon Ned's divorce, he threatens to expose Joan.