소여는 말썽꾸러기에 모험을 아주 좋아하는 꿈 많은 소년이다. 부모님을 잃고 동생인 시드와 함께 폴리 아주머니 댁에서 자라게 된다. 괜한 호기를 부리다가 그 말이 씨가 되는 바람에 하는 수 없이 밤중에 공동묘지에 가게 된 날, 인디언인 죠가 살인하는 장면을 목격하게 된다. 용기를 내어 법정에서 증언을 하지만 죠는 달아나 버리고, 소풍날 길을 잃어 버린 곳에서 죠와 맞닥뜨리게 되는데...
Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves his time. Five years later, Eddie and his ex-convict buddy Larry, have both gone straight, and Eddie and Kay have a beautiful little girl named Shirley. However, Welch has kept a close eye on them for years. He believes in "once a criminal, always a criminal." Then, when Eddie's employer's wife's pearls go missing, it comes out that Eddie and Larry both spent time in prison, and they're fired. Welch suspects that Eddie and Larry have something to do with the theft of the pearls. Will Welch prove that Eddie and Larry had something to do with the theft, or will the truth prevail?
Fay Wray plays a beautiful showgirl who falls for a rich Park Avenue guy played by Phillips Holmes. William Powell is a producer in love with Miss Wray, but he won't use his influences to take any advantages.... as usual, he's a perfect gentleman.
Pointed Heels was supposed to have been a vehicle for "boop-boop-a-doop" girl Helen Kane, but by the time the film was released, Kane's role was reduced to a supporting part.
Mayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to steal him from her. Hazel, another salesgirl, is Jean Harlow's first credited role.
Mississippi, 1830's. Tom Rumsford comes back to Magnolia Landing, his parents'estate. Having been brought up in the North by Quaker relatives, he just hates violence and accordingly refuses a duel. As this is the only way in the South to settle a dispute between gentlemen, Tom's father is so infuriated by his behavior that Tom has no other choice but leave. Away from Magnolia Landing, Tom learns bravery and returns seven years later as "the notorious Colonel Blake", the terror of the Lower Mississippi.
아버지를 일찍 여읜 존은 성공을 꿈꾸며 뉴욕으로 간다. 그러나 바람과는 달리 그는 삭막한 대도시에서 그 존재조차 희미해져 가는 수많은 노동자들 중 한 명으로 하루하루를 살아간다. 존은 메리에게 반해 가정을 꾸리지만, 삶은 비극의 연속이다. 대공황기이자 유성 영화가 도래하던 시기에 발표된 작품으로, 지극히 평범한 삶을 사는 주인공에게 닥친 비극을 통해 보통 사람들이 겪는 삶의 애환을 그린다. 예술적 영감이 넘치는 카메라 움직임과 편집으로 잊을 수 없는 순간들을 만들어낸 무성 영화의 걸작 중 하나.
