性的研究

　　The boisterous, arrogant professor Challenger, a reputed biologist and anthropologist, dares the London Zoological Society to mount an expedition to verify his spectacular claim, without physical proof, that his previous expedition to the Amazonian basin found live dinosaurs. Apart from him and his 'socialite' counterpart, professor Summerlee, it consists of experienced discoverer Lord Roxbury, the young reporter Ed Malone -who got publicly struck down with Challenger's umbrella at his arrival- and Jennifer Holmes, Malone's news agency's boss's daughter, essentially as conditions for putting up the money. In Brazil they are joined by Jennifer's brother David and local 'guide' Manuel Gomez. They soon discover the dinosaurs are real and dangerous, like giant spiders, but loose their helicopter and thus are desperate for a way down from the isolated plateau. They learn Roxbury knew about the fate of Burton White, an explorer whose diary they find, thus presume to be dead, in search of diamonds, and confirmation of the local tribe being the lethal guardians of the plateau's secrets, but also get surprising help...

 改编自赛珍珠的普立兹奖小说，是好莱坞在三十年代开始注意东方题材的代表性作品。影片虽是描写中国农村夫妇的悲剧故事，但主角均由美国人扮演，导演悉尼．弗兰克林也采取西方古典电影的风格来处理，在制作上相当严谨认真。剧情描写保罗．茂尼与路易丝．莱娜本来是贫困的农民，面对饥荒的威胁甚至以烤土充饥。后来茂尼得到了一笔财富，竟整天花天酒地迷恋情妇，莱娜只有发挥贤妻的耐性期待丈夫浪子回头。今天看来类似故事已显得老套，但本片的拍摄与特技表现杰出，路易丝．莱娜亦获得奥斯卡最佳女主角奖。

　　故事据真实事件改编，本片由罗伯逊县警长手机和摄像机的尸体上为素材，制造了一起灵异事件……

 喜剧演员艾维·辛格（伍迪·艾伦 Woody Allen 饰）是这样一个人：非常介意自己的犹太人的出身；自认为有童年阴影，看了十六年心理医生没见好转却一直付钱看；有点阿Q精神，但对人生却充满消极；喜欢一直讲无聊的笑话。正因为自身的神经质特质，艾维经历了两次失败的婚姻。艾维 遇到了安妮（黛安·基顿 Diane Keaton 饰）――一直梦想成为歌星的女孩，两人渐渐堕入爱河。安妮在艾维的帮助下歌唱技巧迅速提高，但她的父母却反对她与艾维来往。安妮得到了唱片商托尼的注意，获邀前往好莱坞灌录唱片，艾维跟着前往了好莱坞向安妮求婚。