A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.

An independent woman can’t chose between the two men she loves.

After singing over the radio, Bing Crosby transmits a signal to elope to his sweeheart Helen; but her father is listening too. Undaunted, Bing tries, tries again.

A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.

Two marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the lighthouse patrol.

A sex worker yearns to leave the grimy underground community she was born into, and sees her way out through a sympathetic sailor.