莉莲·吉许饰演纯朴的乡下姑娘安娜，在一场婚姻骗局中被花心大少李诺斯始乱终弃。私生子早夭之后，安娜备尝了人间冷暖，最后绝望地消失在晚冬的风雪之中。

Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Prof. McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally