Marion Pierce

McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving.

Ève Harrington reçoit, des mains d'un vieil acteur, le prix Sarah Siddons. L'entourage de celle-ci se souvient de son ascension.

Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.