Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show but the ship strikes a derelict wreckage and is sinking rapidly. In the ensuing wild panic, Forrester saves many lives, until finally, panic stricken by sudden fear, he dons a woman's clothes and is among the rescued. On the coast of Newfouldland, the villagers, not aware of his true identity, curse him but he is befriended by Alec who helps him conceal his identity. With a planned story of his survival, he returns to New York but cannot face his family or friends after he sees the plaque to his heroism on his New York theatre. Deciding to remain thought of as dead, he becomes a derelict himself, surviving on odd jobs as he watches from afar his now-grown son begin his career as a producer.
Walter Connolly
as John Forrester aka Eric Jann aka Peter Korotoff
Doris Kenyon
as Margaret Forrester
Robert Young
as Jack Forrester
Scotty Beckett
as Jack Forrester, Age 4
Henry Kolker
as Carlo - the Puppeteer
Akim Tamiroff
as Peter Korotoff
Gilbert Emery
as Professor Weaver
George Humbert
as Niccoli
Hobart Bosworth
as Alec Klein
Macon Jones
as Jack Forrester - Age 14
Rollo Lloyd
as Henry Braverman
Maidel Turner
as Henrietta Crosland
