Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to spain, to get the pearls out of France, but getting the pearls, back from him prooves to be d...

　　阿尔方斯妮（葛丽泰·嘉宝 Greta Garbo 饰）本是一位出生在偏僻小村庄里的穷苦姑娘，被贪婪的父亲卖给了商人，之后一路辗转颠沛流离来到了繁华的大都市巴黎。凭借着迷人的美貌和过人的智慧，阿尔方斯妮一举成为了巴黎上流社交圈内的交际花，整日生活在荼蘼的灯红酒绿之中，人们送给了她“茶花女”的美誉。纸醉金迷的生活迅速的消耗了阿尔方斯妮的健康，使她患上了肺病，善良的公爵因为阿尔方斯妮酷似她不久之前去...