Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?
A Doctor's Diary is told through the eyes of Dr. Dan Norris (John Trent), resident physician in a private hospital. In his search for a cure for spinal meningitis, Norris recklessly runs roughshod over the feelings of his colleagues. The doctor's older, wiser supervisor, Dr. Clem Driscoll (George Bancroft), tries to curb Norris' impatience, pointing out that nothing takes place overnight. Angrily, Norris accuses Driscoll of malpractice and is forced to resign from the clinic -- just when a meningitis epidemic breaks out.
Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great stories, they often behave in an unprofessional and immature manner. After their shenanigans cause their frustrated city editor to resign, the publisher promotes Charlie to the job, a decision based on the premise that only a slacker would be able crack down on other shirkers and underachievers. His pomposity soon alienates most of his co-workers and causes Rusty to move to New York. Charlie resigns and along with gangster friend Smiles Benson tries to win Rusty back before she marries a stuffy society author.
A bitter widow and a grumpy widower find themselves stuck in a hotel that is cut off from the outside by a snowstorm. Although both have no intention of getting married again, they begin to fall for each other. Their children, however, are determined to see that the "romance" never gets off the ground and do everything they can to see that they are kept apart.
범죄학을 공부하는, 가난하지만 명석한 학생 라스콜니코프는 악덕 전당포업자가 거리의 여자 소냐를 철저히 무시하는 광경을 보고는 소냐를 측은하게 여긴다. 그러나 소냐는 누구보다 따뜻한 마음씨를 가지고 있는데, 라스콜니코프는 가족을 제대로 보살필 수 없는 무능함과 끝없는 빈곤의 굴레 속에서 고뇌에 빠진다. 가족들과의 다툼 끝에 격분한 그는 결국 전당포업자인 노파를 살해한다. 지울 수 없는 죄는 라스콜니코프 자신을 짓누르고, 죄책감과 망상이 그를 사로잡고 만다. 디트리히와 결별한 후의 첫 번째 작품으로, 러시아의 대문호 도스토예프스키의 동명소설을 각색했다. 스턴버그는 원작의 방대한 이야기를 좀 더 단순화시켜 범죄와 죄의식, 자백과 체포의 과정에 더욱 집중한다. 광기를 더해가는 라스콜니코프와 냉철한 형사 포르피리의 쫓고 쫓기는 관계는 긴장감 넘치며, 그 무엇보다 영화를 지탱하는 힘으로 작용한다.
