汉克（贝茜·洛芙 Bessie Love 饰）和奎妮（安妮塔·佩姬 Anita Page 饰）是情同手足的好姐妹，两人相约来到车水马龙的繁华大都市纽约，在汉克的老相好艾迪（查尔斯·金 Charles King 饰）的帮助之下，两人进入了歌舞团成为了歌舞女郎，很快就声名鹊起。

虽然汉克和艾迪已经相恋多年，但艾迪发现自己竟然情不自禁的被奎妮深深的吸引，与此同时，娇俏可人的奎妮赢得了大富豪贾科（肯尼思·汤姆森 Kenneth Thomson 饰）的青睐，后者对她展开了非常热烈的攻势。汉克看出贾科是一个心术不正的纨绔子弟，屡屡劝说奎妮离他远一点，但奎妮早已经陷入了贾科为她编织的美梦之中。

《纸飞鸟》以上世纪三十年代的西班牙为背景，讲述西班牙内战爆发后社会陷入混乱，喜剧演员Jorge与Enrique收养了孤儿Miguel，一起跟随着剧团四处漂泊，目睹着各种战争带来的惨象，而让他们更不自在的是，他们到处遭受着监视与怀疑……虽然影片没有正面的描写战场上的生死决战，但借助于三位主人公的四处漂泊及遭遇带出了战争的无所不在，有如幽灵般随形，如Jorge在医院里探访Miguel的母亲那一幕，扮演母亲的女演员的一句台词与近乎麻木的表情在无言的抗议着战争带来的痛楚；而影片里三位主角主要是从事喜剧表演，也加强了对战争的控诉。最后那一段，老年的Miguel重返西班牙的一家戏院演唱，昔日的时空交错进如今的镜头里，让人唏嘘。

Long Tack Sam was an internationally renowned Chinese acrobat and magician. He overcame isolation, poverty, cultural and linguistic barriers, extreme racism and world wars to become one of the most successful vaudeville acts of his time. His showmanship was unrivalled, yet he refused to appear in movies because of the way Chinese were portrayed at the time. A celebration of the spirit of Long Tack Sam's magic and art, this richly textured first person road movie is an exhilarating testament to his legacy and a prismatic tour through the 20th Century. It all begins in a small village in China...

https://www.nfb.ca/film/the_magical_life_of_long_tack_sam/

Pearl a vaudeville dancer is stranded somewhere in Alaska. With no official place to stay in the vicinity, Pearl is obliged to accept the hospitality of a wealthy family which has itself been stranded in the Great White North. An ill-tempered fur trader and a looney Eskimo both lust after Pearl, but she is rescued by Peter Van Dykeman her hosts' male secretary….