In eighteenth-dynasty Egypt, Sinuhe, a poor orphan, becomes a brilliant physician and with his friend Horemheb is appointed to the service of the new Pharoah. Sinuhe's personal triumphs and tragedies are played against the larger canvas of the turbulent events of the 18th dynasty. As Sinuhe is drawn into court intrigues he learns the answers to the questions he has sought since his birth.
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms them all, especially the handsome young head of the company. Their romance gets sidetracked when she becomes involved in the Women's Suffrage movement.
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial exposition.
The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there is a plan afoot to tear down Confederate Monument Square. He begins a campaign to rally the townspeople to save the square.
브루클린의 가난한 아일랜드 이민자 가정. 책을 좋아하는 당찬 13살 소녀 프랜시는 아버지 조니를 무척 따른다. 엄마 케이티는 악착같이 살림을 꾸리려 하지만, 조니는 안정된 일자리보다 꿈을 그린다. 그러던 중 케이티는 셋째를 임신하고, 조니에게 프랜시가 학교를 그만두게 해야겠다고 한다. 딸이 얼마나 학교를 좋아하는지 아는 조니는 눈보라 속에 일자리를 구하러 간다. 베티 스미스의 동명 소설을 각색한 카잔의 데뷔작으로, 가난한 이민자 가정의 소녀 프랜시의 성장을 그렸다. (2017년 영화의 전당 - 엘리아 카잔 특별전)
