Marty és un carnisser solter que encara viu amb la seva mare. Sol sortir amb freqüència amb els seus amics a la nit, intentant trobar alguna noia amb qui compartir la seva vida i fer plans per al futur.
Quan Delia Lovell (Miriam Hopkins) està punt de casar-se amb Jim Ralston, el seu antic xicot Clement Spender (George Brent) apareix, i llavors la seva germana Charlotte (Bette Davis) intentarà calmar-lo, alhora que sabrem que també ella està enamorada del visitant , qui aviat s'anirà a la guerra deixant-li com a herència un record etern.
An ex-schoolteacher is asked by the police to help locate a missing heiress.
Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.
Madrid, late 19th century. A wealthy woman is found murdered at home and her maid appears as the main suspect, but her statement entangles this seemingly simple case.
In 1898 Yorkshire, a grieving woman and her son move back to the manor of her deceased ex-husband, but soon discover that they are not alone in the house.
Áurea and Vander, maids all his life, reflect on the new law regulating the profession.