In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always pea...。本片包含的四个故事是道德力量与死刑这两个关键主题的变奏曲。这就提出了一个问题:在专制政权及其看似不可避免的威胁下,个人自由能在多大程度上得到表达?。