以黑川翔子的报导文学改编，在一所被称为底层学校的县立高中，一年内多达相当一个班的40名学生辍学，教师们努力解决现代社会两极化下中学生面临的各种问题，描述基于一个关于新老师的冲突和成长的真实故事。
Wealthy Rollo Treadway (Buster Keaton) suddenly decides to propose to his neighbor across the street, Betsy O'Brien (Kathryn McGuire), and sends his servant to book passage for a honeymoon sea cruise to Honolulu. When Betsy rejects his sudden offer however, he decides to go on the trip anyway, boarding without delay that night. Because the pier number is partially covered, he ends up on the wrong ship, the Navigator, which Betsy's rich father (Frederick Vroom) has just sold to a small country at war. Agents for the other small nation in the conflict decide to set the ship adrift that same night. When Betsy's father checks up on the ship, he is captured and tied up by the saboteurs. Betsy hears his cry for help and boards the ship to look for him, just before it is cut loose. The Navigator drifts out into the Pacific Ocean. The two unwitting passengers eventually find each other. At first, they have great difficulty looking after themselves, but adapt after a few weeks. At one point, they sight a navy ship and hoist a brightly-colored flag, not realizing it signals that the ship is under quarantine. As a result, the other vessel turns away. Finally, the ship grounds itself near an inhabited tropical island and springs a leak. While Rollo dons a deep sea diving suit and submerges to patch the hole, the black natives canoe out and take Betsy captive. When Rollo emerges from the ocean, the natives are scared off, enabling him to rescue Betsy and take her back to the ship. The natives return and try to board the ship. After a fierce struggle, Rollo and Betsy try to escape in a small dinghy. It starts to sink, and the natives swiftly overtake them in their canoes. Just when all seems lost, a navy submarine surfaces right underneath them and they are saved.
继承父亲遗产后于职场中杀伐决断、有所建树的中年女总裁，在爱情面前放弃独善其身的人生信条，同年轻下属走入婚姻殿堂，婚后发现丈夫与妹妹的秘密情事后毅然放手成全——影片的情节，如今看来已是老生常谈，但若论真正让本片熠熠生辉的原因，除了对于“社会性别期待“等经久不衰的议题的讨论，不可忽视的是主角波琳·弗雷德里克(Pauline Frederick)风趣、干练而又感人至深的表演。童年时期父母离异后被母亲抚养长大的波琳，自小便确立了演艺事业的理想，二十岁时便已担任巡回演出剧目的主角，虽然波琳·弗雷德里克在32岁时才出演了自己的银幕处女作——由休·福特和埃德温·鲍特指导的《不朽城》(The Eternal City, 1915)，但她依旧是最早前往好莱坞发展的百老汇明星之一，后来也成为了最早接演“有声片”（波琳曾接受系统的声乐、表演训练）的知名演员之一。事业方面可谓风光的波琳，感情生活却不尽人意，前后共经历了五次颠沛起伏的婚姻，在第五任丈夫（婚后不到一年内）和母亲相继逝世后，波琳也因罹患哮喘而离世。曲折而不平凡的人生经历也或许赋予了她一种表演中的特质，帮助她塑造了一位女性兼具泼辣和敏感的银幕形象。 本片位列日本《电影旬报》1925年度十佳影片艺术类第六名。
预科学校若智书院有一群成绩堪忧思想活跃的学生，校董家的谢天（何启南 饰）与谢地兄妹凭借老爸身份，即便留级也不担心学业；绰号水电工的嘉明为人老实，暗恋同学白逸梦（陈松伶 饰），而白逸梦满脑子言情幻想，全然没有留意；李时珍（李丽珍 饰）因为在南太平洋群岛旅游，耽误了开学日，在旅游期间，李时珍结识了香港青年戴运河（陈山河 饰），运河对时珍一见钟情，不顾家人反对退掉美国大学，赶到香港入读若智书院。运河的到来令谢天大为紧张，谢天属意时珍日久，和死党吴成材一直无法打动芳心，但也不能容忍运河插手。校园内一时掀起了一场多角恋爱的争夺……校董面对恶作剧的学生们大为光火，聘请军校老师对书院进行军事化管理，这引发了学生们的空前团结……
