A popular songwriter facing a middle-age crisis becomes obsessed with starting an affair with a beautiful woman he considers to be perfect, but she is engaged.
A movie star with a stalled career meets and falls in love with a simple showgirl after accidentally ruining her act, but their relationship takes a halt.
A Hollywood actor makes his way to the top, and as he waits to receive an Academy Award, an old friend and former PR man reflects on their life together.