纽约百老汇,戏剧导演Oscar Jaffe(约翰·巴里摩尔 John Barrymore 饰)捧红了女演员Lily Garland(卡洛·朗白 Carole Lombard 饰),两人成为百老汇票房保证,同时也是一对情侣。合作三年后,Lily因为受不了Oscar对她私人生活的过度干预,偷偷跑去了好莱坞演电影。Oscar一怒之下起用了新的女演员,可惜票房很差,还在芝加哥欠下了债。在从芝加哥回纽约的二十世纪列车上,Oscar机缘巧合又和Lily在同一列火车上。Oscar试图挽回Lily,不管是爱情还是演戏,但Lily已经有了另外的恋人,也对重新和Oscar合作不感兴趣。这列火车上碰巧有一位脑子不大好使的大富翁,Oscar利用这个富翁给他开了张支票,试图以这张支票来让Lily签了演戏的合约。然而这位所谓“大富翁”原来不过是个精神病人,Oscar手中的支票毫无价值。心灰意冷的Oscar决定开枪自尽......
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Ah Huang, Ah Qiang and Ah Hui have been friends for as long as they can remember. When Ah Huang's mounting debts drive him to desperate measures, Ah Qiang and Ah Hui agree to lend him money. He uses the money to build an illegal business. Even after the business become successful, he refuses to repay the money to his friends. However, when the business collapses, Ah Huang is forced to question everything as his family, friendships, and remaining money are all threatened.
Siskel and Ebert once ran a special show entitled "Movies I'm Embarrassed to Admit I Liked." I suppose that if I composed such a list of guilty pleasures, this one would be one of them . . . but upon reflection, it's really a lot better than that. Fifteen year-old science prodigy Mitch (Gabe Jarret) is recruited by ambitious college professor William Atherton (in yet another of his patented roles as a loathsome character) to work on the professor's prize laser project, not knowing that the prof is really developing a government weapon. Along the way, Mitch is befriended by Chris (Val Kilmer), another prodigy a few years his senior who teaches the Mitch how to loosen up. This could have degenerated into nothing more than just another teen revenge comedy, but there's so much more: the dialogue is laced with sharp wit there are some lovely scenes that have nothing to do with the story yet are carefully set up, almost as blackouts (e.g., Mitch goes to a lecture at which a few students have left tape recorders instead of attending later, at another lecture there are more tape recorders than students and, in a final scene, one large tape recorder gives the lecture to a room populated by nothing but other small recorders!) and throw-away scenes that make you want to stop and back up the tape (e.g., Chris off-handedly cutting a slice off a bar of solid nitrogen to make a slug for the coffee machine). It's also one of the few movies to boast the presence of the memorable Michelle Meyerink -- as Jordan, the "girl-nerd" who made being smart and female something to be emulated. And there's Tears for Fears great song, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" providing the perfect coda as the closing credits begin to roll . . . . Yes: really now, what's there to be embarrassed about?
A hip guardian angel named Bobby Fantana, who died in a car race in the 60s, reluctantly agrees to watch over a lonely 80s high schooler who needs guidance on how to become cool.