Zaza is an actress and the favorite at an open-air theater in a small French town. When diplomat Bernard Dufresne comes to the village, he stays away for fear he will fall for her. But during one performance, while Zaza is singing on a swing, her rival cuts the rope and she falls. Zaza is badly injured and she makes Dufresne's acquaintance. A romance quickly springs up and he installs her in a villa. Their happiness is marred, however, when his wife appears.
Gloria Swanson
as Zaza
H.B. Warner
as Bernard Dufresne
Ferdinand Gottschalk
as Duke de Brissac
Lucille La Verne
as Aunt Rosa
Mary Thurman
as Florianne
Yvonne Hughes
as Nathalie
Riley Hatch
as Rigault
L. Rogers Lytton
as Stage Manager
Ivan Linow
as Apache
Florence Fair
as Madame Dufresne
Helen Mack
as Lucille Dufresne
