Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of her dead-end life and go to Hollywood, where she is promised a job in the movies. When she arrives in Hollywood, she discovers that the contest was a scam and the job non-existent. But through pluck, luck, and talent, she makes it in the movies anyway, and finds true love.
Colleen Moore
as Ella Cinders
Lloyd Hughes
as Waite Lifter
Vera Lewis
as Ma Cinders
Doris Baker
as Lotta Pill
Emily Gerdes
as Prissy Pill
Mike Donlin
as Film Studio Gateman
Jed Prouty
as Mayor
Jack Duffy
as Fire Chief
Harry Allen
as Photographer
Alfred E. Green
as Director
D'Arcy Corrigan
as Editor
Billy Butts
as Neighbor Kid (uncredited)
