簡介：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.
簡介：艾倫（約瑟夫·科頓 Joseph Cotten 飾）是一名士兵，戰(zhàn)友羅杰（Robert Sully 飾）請求艾倫幫自己給自己的女友維多利亞寫信，在此過程中，艾倫無法自持的愛上了這個(gè)素未謀面的女孩。一場意外中，艾倫受傷進(jìn)入醫(yī)院療養(yǎng)，而羅杰先他一步回到了家鄉(xiāng)，順利和維多利亞攜手步入了婚姻的殿堂。艾倫雖然感到十分難過，但也只有獻(xiàn)上祝福?！ ∽尠瑐悰]有想到的是，沒過多久，他便收到了羅杰的死訊，于是，他來到了羅杰的家鄉(xiāng)，想要找到維多利亞。然而，抵達(dá)了目的地的艾倫震驚的得知，維多利也竟然也已經(jīng)去世了，而另一個(gè)名叫辛格爾頓（珍妮弗·瓊斯 Jennifer Jones 飾）的女孩的身影浮出了水面。