本片由Tay  Garnett  执导,邀请演员葛丽亚·嘉逊  沃尔特·皮金  爱德华·阿诺德  阿格妮丝·摩尔海德  塞西尔·凯拉威  格拉黛丝·库珀  弗兰西斯·拉弗提  汤姆..  出演的剧情片类型电影，讲述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 peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.