When Mona Frentiss dies, she has her confidante "Doctor Bobs" watch over her family, especially her youngest daughter Patricia. The family has been raised in a most unconventional manner, with Mona having a much younger lover and the father Ralph keeping his own lover on the side. As Patricia grows older, she attracts the attention of her mother's former lover, the much older (than Patricia, who in the book is in her early to mid teens) Carey Scott. Patricia tempts fate with her wild ways, nearly loses her virtue to a musician aboard an ocean-going boat, and is saved in time by Carey. Realizing that he is the man for her, she settles down into an experimental marriage.

A young lady, who "hates the law" rises from the tenements to society. Financial reverses lead her to commit a series of burglaries as "The Bird". She becomes involved with the detective investigating the burglaries. After she confesses and pays for her crimes, they marry.

A woman gets help from her gangster friends after her foster son takes the blame for a murder he did not commit.

Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.

A Secret Service agent nabs a scalpel-happy doctor who runs drugs in caskets.

After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The years pass, and now Millie's daughter garners the attentions of men - men who once devoted their time to her mother.

Musical about two sisters in love with the same man.

1932 film by John Francis Dillon

打家劫舍，奸淫掳掠是Alex一帮人的专利。衣着光鲜的流氓Alex有其独特的寻欢作乐方式，就是将自己的快乐建筑在别人的痛苦上。某日，他们作恶失手，Alex被抓了起来。在监狱中，他被使用一种新方法洗脑：就是被强迫观看暴力色情影片，放映厅同时播放他喜欢的贝多芬作品，并配合服用药品。当他从监狱中被释放出来以后，他变成了一个循规蹈矩，缩手缩脚的人，以至受到弱不禁风的老年人的欺负。 本片初映时引起公众广泛争议，其独特性可见一斑。