A 95-year-old kleptomaniac stole items from the mall and supermarket. On her anniversary, she prepared to poison herself by adding poison to a cake. At the bus stop, a mother left her baby with the woman, who took the baby home. She then poured the poison into the cake batter, intending to share it with the baby.
Ana Gasteyer
Mother
Beatrice Hayes
Woman
Emily Sperling
Little Girl
Lance Sjogren
Clerk
A 95-year-old kleptomaniac stole items from the mall and supermarket. On her anniversary, she prepared to poison herself by adding poison to a cake. At the bus stop, a mother left her baby with the woman, who took the baby home. She then poured the poison into the cake batter, intending to share it with the baby.
Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
The wife of a psychoanalyst falls prey to a devious quack hypnotist when he discovers she is an habitual shoplifter. Then one of his previous patients now being treated by the real doctor is found murdered, with her still at the scene, and suspicion points only one way.
94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.
While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.
The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.
After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his kingdom, wanton and proud young Salomé comes before her king with an unreasonable demand. Beguiled by John the Baptist, and then scorned for the sake of his god, lascivious Salomé—encouraged by her mother, the vindictive, Herodias—commands that John be executed and his head delivered on a silver platter.
A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters.
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.