Against the background of the Civil War, sixteen-year-old song-and-dance artiste Lotta Crabtree works her way across America, becoming ever more popular.
Mitzi Gaynor
as Lotta Crabtree
Dale Robertson
as Tom Richmond
Dennis Day
as Mart Taylor
James Barton
as John Crabtree
Una Merkel
as Mary Ann Crabtree
Raymond Walburn
as Cornelius
Gene Sheldon
as Sam Jordan
Carmen D'Antonio
as Lola Montez
Lovyss Bradley
as Mrs. Probe (uncredited)
Jean Moorhead
as Girl (uncredited)