Actress Judy Carroll, from the gas-house district has been trained, educated and developed so well by her manager, that not even the publicity-seeking world of the theater has guessed her antecedents. But she has not loved well or wisely as she learns when she tries to adopt a baby.
Plot keywords (from IMDb): adoption, alcoholic, balloon, based on play, divorce, drunkenness, horse, jealousy, judge, marriage proposal, mother daughter relationship, mother son relationship, new york city, party, pie in the face, playwright, romantic rivalry, scandal, self sacrifice, ship, slap, speakeasy, theater, theatrical manager, trial, actress