A businessman marries Maria, the daughter of the rich professor, not for love but for personal gain. He betrays and humiliates her but she hides his despicable character from both her father and society at large and takes comfort in the company of a ship’s lieutenant. They fall in love but agree to interrupt their impossible relationship. Pregnant with her lover’s child, Maria decides to follow her heart and join him at sea but a series of dramatic events awaits them.

Quelques messieurs d'un certain âge, le prince Vladimir Bilinsky, Jean Sabatier, le colonel Cousinet-Duval, Sigismond Meursault, prennent sous leur protection une jolie bouquetière de seize ans : Antoinette Dubois dite « Frou Frou ». Aucun d'eux n'a le droit de la séduire, mais tous s'y emploient. Devenue une chanteuse en vogue, elle s'éprend d'Henri de Gaspard qui la délaisse. Après plusieurs années passées en Russie avec le prince Vladimir, Frou Frou revient en France, s'éprend d'un peintre raté, Michel Arthus, et après le suicide de ce dernier, élève seule sa fille Michèle, qu'elle laissera partir au loin vers l'homme qu'elle aime.

Mario Esposito, who sings in a Neapolitan restaurant, is in love with Assunta, the niece of Teresa, the owner of the place. He shares his apartment with Michel, his best friend. This one has fallen under the spell of Lolita, a gorgeous adventuress he met at the cathedral where he officiates as the organist. But things go awry as, while Michel intercedes with Aunt Teresa for Assunta's hand in his favor, Mario in turn falls in love with Lolita. On the very day of his wedding with Assunta, Mario runs away with Lolita, thus betraying both his love and his friend. But it does not take long before the young singer realizes the big mistake he has made.

1942 film by Augusto Genina

Lucienne, typist and gorgeous bathing beauty, decides to enter the 'Miss Europe' pageant sponsored by the French newspaper she works for. She finds her jealous lover Andre violently disapproves of such events and tries to withdraw, but it's too late; she's even then being named Miss France. The night Andre planned to propose to her, she's being whisked off to the Miss Europe finals in Spain, where admirers swarm around her. Win or lose, what will the harvest be?