Donna Gibson

Marian Medford Woodstock gave up a chance twenty years ago to compete for the Miss USA beauty title in order to marry Jeffrey Woodstock. She hopes to realize her past ambitions for fame and fortune through her daughter Kay, whom she persuades to enter a local beauty contest. Kay wins and is interviewed by reporter Gil McRoberts, who advises her to get married and settle down. Jeffrey is very upset with his wife's and daughter's passion for beauty contests and, when Kay enters the national contest, he informs Marian that she must choose between him and her chase after empty honors for Kay.

L'engrenage d'un homme propriétaire d'un bateau, arrivant péniblement à subvenir aux besoins de sa famille, accepte la proposition d'un homme de loi peu scrupuleux, qui lui demande de transporter clandestinement des émigrants chinois aux USA. Mais l'affaire tourne mal...

Susan Caldwell, jeune chanteuse est victime de ce qui ressemble à une tentative de meurtre. Marian Washburn, sa professeur et manageuse, ancienne chanteuse qui avait perdu la voix, avoue la tentative d'homicide : elle aurait tenté de la tuer car celle-ci voulait mettre un terme à sa carrière, ce qu'elle ne pouvait supporter. Mais cette version ne convainc pas tout le monde…