Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. Soon she demonstrates she is capable of rather deplorable acts -- including murder.
Mary
Tongues begin to wag when a lonely widow becomes romantically involved with a military man. Problems arise when the gossip is filtered down to her own children.
Mrs. Fenchurch
After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch and her mother. He woos Hilda, knowing she has money, but when he discovers that Hilda's sister, Anne, has just inherited $25,000, he switches his attentions to her.
Nurse (uncredited)
Principal suspeita do assassinato de seu marido, Mildred Pierce tem sua vida repassada em flashback. Vemos como era seu relacionamento com as filhas, o quanto dava duro para lhes dar tudo do bom e do melhor, e como uma delas a tratava mal, chegando a ter um relacionamento com seu padrasto. Oscar de Melhor Atriz para Joan Crawford.
Apartment Owner (uncredited)
Um engenheiro amarrado num casamento infeliz mata a esposa na esperança de se casar com sua cunhada, a irmã mais nova. Richard Mason foi levemente ferido num acidente de carro, mas finge que seus ferimentos são piores, então ele não pode acompanhar sua esposa, Kathryn em uma viagem para as montanhas. Ele, no entanto, a mata em uma estrada solitária da montanha. Ou não? Depois que ele sente o cheiro de seu perfume, encontra suas joias, vê um envelope endereçado com sua caligrafia, ele volta para a cena do crime para encontrar ... o que?
Miss Wilson
In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.
Mrs. Graham
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.
Mrs. Cora Hauser
The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.
Mrs. Kalenin
It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life, sinks her hooks into a judge, a decadent aristocrat and an estate superintendent, with surprising results.
Capt. "Ma" McGregor
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.
Charlotte Fitzroy
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her.
Mrs. Colby
Complicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone Wolf keeping one step ahead of the police in Havana trying to solve the crime and make a profit.
