Dr. Eli Watt, a widower, comes to a small town, considering himself a failure in his attempt to have a meaningful career in New York. He raises his son Jimmy as well as Letty, a baby whose mother has died in childbirth and whose father blames Watt and abandons the child. Watt dreams of returning to do research studies, but something always gets in the way: an epidemic, his chil...
Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's father Ezra comes to visit him and becomes reacquainted with an old Western football chum, Mr. Chandler, who happens to be the father of Jim's girlfriend Joan. Jim keeps his roommate, Andy, busy by sending him to collect money on their laundry concessions business, even though Andy i...
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the truth and save her own life, if only it would not damage the lives, careers and reputations of those who she loves.
Ihrer materiellen Not wegen will sich Anna in der Donau ertrnken. Dem arbeitslosen Chauffeur Hans geht es nicht besser, doch er stellt sich ihr in den Weg. Zu zweit fühlen sie sich ihren Existenzsorgen besser gewachsen und gehen fortan als Paar durchs Leben. Sie nehmen Kredit auf für ein Auto, mit dem Hans als Taxifahrer Geld verdient. Brenzlig wird es, als Hans nach einem Unf...