剧情简介
1950美国喜剧片《香城艳史》由弗兰克·卡普拉导演,Bing Crosby主演,影片讲述的是:
Yale grad Dan Brooks Bing Crosby is expected to marry wealthy boss JL Higgins Charles Bickford daughter Margaret Frances Gifford and join the family boxmaking business He is far more interested in racing a horse he owns Broadway Bill
Doing poorly at work Dan and his groom Whitey Clarence Muse leave town to enter Bill in the Imperial Derby but first must find money for the entry fee He and old pal Professor Pettigrew Raymond Walburn each try to con the other out of a few bucks then end up singing the Yale school song to get out of a restaurant tab they cant pay
Maggies younger sister Alice Coleen Gray is secretly in love with Dan so she offers him some money pawning her belongings Whitey is beaten up trying to win some in a craps game and Broadway Bill is carted away because Dan doesnt pay his feed bill Dan is jailed too
A rich man makes a bet on 100to1 shot Bill leading to false rumors that the horse is a shooin The odds drop fast but gamblers and a crooked jockey try to make sure their own favorites win the race Broadway Bill somehow manages to win but collapses at the finish line and must be put to sleep
A saddened Dan takes comfort in deciding to buy and race Broadway Bill II His enthusiasm persuades Alice and even her dad to lend Dan a hand