The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.

A homeless and destitute violinist joins a combo to bring it success, but has problems with her love life.

A Lady stops her daughter from eloping with a farmer, takes away her baby, and makes her marry a Lord.

In Egypt a man fails to shoot his faithless wife and walks into a sandstorm.

As children, sisters Helen Mathews and Mary Mathews couldn't be more dissimilar--Helen is selfish, thoughtless and self-centered, while Mary is exactly the opposite. Later, Helen--out of spite--steals Mary's boyfriend. May has enough and leaves home to become a chorus girl in New York City. She eventually becomes a star and attracts a young millionaire, Philip Pierce, but--to the astonishment of the other chorus girls--she turns him down. Philip, however, doesn't intend to take this rejection without a fight.

The author of a book on eugenics attempts to prove his theories by having his childless sister and her husband adopt the child of a “physically superior” chauffeur and housemaid, leading to comedic complications when the parents refuse to give up their child.

A cabaret hostess falls for a young aristocrat, ignoring her friend's warning that the affair will end in heartache.

A mother and father try to find a way to protect their young daughter against the influences of booze, wild parties and dancing during the Jazz Age.