玛格丽特（葛丽泰·嘉宝 Greta Garbo 饰）是一名混迹于巴黎上流社会的风尘女子，一次偶然中，她结识了名叫阿芒（罗伯特·泰勒 Robert Taylor 饰）的年轻男子，玛格丽特本以为阿芒和她曾经遇到过的那些男人们一样恶劣，但很快，阿芒的善良和真正就打动了玛格丽特。一番波折之后，玛格丽特和阿芒在一起了，玛格丽特放弃了巴黎灯红酒绿的生活，随着阿芒隐居乡间，可是她灰暗的过去却不愿意放过她。阿芒的父母得知了玛格丽特的身世，他们恳求玛格丽特离开阿芒，以免给他带来负面的影响。心中怀着对阿芒的爱意和巨大的痛苦，
Barbara is a very rich girl who falls in love with Norman Phiffier, a poor young man. She doesn't tell him who she really is and prepares to marry him. But, Mrs. Tuttle (Barbara's mother) doesn't want her daughter to mary such a
