Alain's uncle sends him to France to toughen him with his aviator friend Pierre. He meets Suzanne on the voyage and fights for her love against José in an airplane.

Lucie turns the house of chic dandy Gaston upside down.

A young man marries the daughter of a famous actress, but is visibly more attracted to his stepmother. She manages, not without difficulty, to reconnect the bonds of a vacillating household.

A renowned doctor and his brother live and work together until the brother falls in love with Marie, a singer, and gives up medicine to be with her. After a time however, she misses her old life and goes back on the stage - an act which leads her lover to commit suicide. Later the doctor and Marie also meet, and she becomes his mistress. He finds out about his brother's suicide and goes through his artifacts looking for a clue as to what might have been the cause. He finds a photograph of Marie and realizes the truth, which decimates their relationship.

Hélène, jeune étudiante en médecine, est amoureuse de l'aspirant musicien Pierre Regnier, dont le père, un chirurgien de renom, l'exhorte à abandonner la musique pour la médecine. Incapable de résister à son père, Pierre se tue, incitant la Madeleine en deuil à oublier la romance et à consacrer sa vie à la guérison.

A wealthy young businessman consecutively falls in love with a classy English woman (Pearl), a Russian sculptress (Athalia), and a naive working-class girl (Lucie).