On the way to fame and success Fanny Brice had to pass from an ugly duckling to a beautiful swan. On stage, she is a star, with armfuls of roses falling at her feet and the audience erupting in applause.

But for these ecstatic, magical seconds she has to pay for bitter, lonely nights full of tears and jealousy.

1980-е. 18-year-old Maren and her father are constantly moving around. When the girl tries to bite off her new friend's finger and they have to go on the run again, the father's patience comes to an end. He leaves and leaves his daughter an audio cassette with explanations, some money and a birth certificate. Maren goes in search of her mother, of whom she has no childhood memories, and soon meets a stranger like herself, who can't imagine life without eating human flesh.

Early 20th century. Claude, a promising art historian, gets acquainted with an Englishwoman, Anne. They do not have a romance, but it seems that they do not aspire to it. As is customary between friends, Ann invites Claude to spend the summer together on the coast.

She sincerely wants to make the young man fall in love with her sister Muriel. However, at the first signs of success, she herself goes on the offensive....

Anne Schuyler, an impulsive heiress from a very wealthy family, marries a humble newspaper reporter Stu Smith on a whim. This unexpected marriage upsets Stu's colleague Gallagher, a girl who has always helped Smith in his work and is now discouraged by his marriage.

One day she persuades her colleagues to visit the mansion where the newlyweds live. Journalists catch in the house bored Smith and to raise the mood, under the careful guidance of Gallagher organize a party.

However, in the midst of it appears angry Anne and orders everyone to "clear the room", Smith decides to leave the house of his wife with Gallagher, who is delighted with his decision, but what will do platinum blonde Anne to return the unruly husband....

A man with no name helps a nun avoid deadly dangers while crossing the Mexican desert. Along the way, the heroes join the rebels, and they mature a plan to jointly capture a French fort. The rebels are fighting for freedom, while our hero pursues only one goal: gold.

1914, East Africa. Gin-smelling Captain Charlie sails his steamboat to the Christian mission village of Reverend Samuel and his unmarried sister Rosa, who, amidst the wild African jungle, act as if they are still in good old England. But war is sweeping into Africa as well.

German soldiers storming into the mission burn down the village and hijack the inhabitants. The experience has badly affected the condition of the reverend, soon he dies, and Rose has to flee with Charlie. The prim missionary and the reckless captain, quarreling incessantly with each other, sail down the river on their way to dangerous and romantic adventures.

Two sailors who are always competing against each other set their sights on the same girl. When she chooses one over the other, their friendship ends acrimoniously. However, things change when one the men is in a submarine trapped beneath the ocean and the other, a diver, is sent down on a rescue mission.

Soap-opera about a social-climbing Jewish man and his old-world parents who are heartbroken by his rejection of them. Young Morris Goldfish follows his immigrant father into business. His ruthless business practices cause him to become a big success, and he moves the family to Park Avenue. They go, but were happier back on the East Side. Morris is ashamed of this parents and his humble origins, but learns in the end that there is more to life than money.

Longfellow Deeds, a hillbilly from Vermont, inherits his uncle's vast fortune and overnight becomes nationally known. The whole town gathers at the train station to escort Deeds, a trumpet-playing poet, to New York, where he must take possession of his uncle's capital and move into a huge mansion.

The cynical newspaperman McWade does not believe in the image of a simple honest man created for Deeds in the press. He assigns the beautiful Babe Bennett to interview the guy and gives her unambiguous instructions.

The journalist pretends to faint at the entrance to the mansion. The gallant Deeds lifts her up in his arms, caring for her. She informs him that she is out of work and gradually begins to draw out information...

Sean and a group of fellow hunters catch animals in the African savannahs on orders from the world's zoos. Working with wild animals is associated with high risk, so when a reporter who has arrived from Europe begins to persuade Sean to take her on safari with him, she receives a categorical refusal. However, the reporter is very pretty, and in the end Sean finds it hard to resist her feminine charms.