Michael Morda, a young sculptor living in San Francisco, is madly in love with Elinor Hunter, and they plan to be married. When Elinor becomes jealous of Julie Stressman, an old friend of Michael's and one of his models, Michael reluctantly asks Julie not to visit him at his studio. They agree to meet only at the construction site where he is working on a sculpture for which Julie is modeling. When Elinor also shows up at the site, Julie leaves so as to avoid a confrontation, but she is killed by some falling materials. Julie's dying request is that Michael adopt her daughter Mitzi, whose father died years earlier. In order to prevent Mitzi from being taken to an orphanage, Michael lies and says he is her father. Elinor hears this, and without asking questions, leaves him and marries another man the same night.
Paul Lukas
as Michael Morda
Dorothy Jordan
as Mitzi
Vivienne Osborne
as Elinor Hunter
Charles Ruggles
as Jerry Wells
Marjorie Gateson
as Hortense Cole
John Breeden
as Jimmy Martin
Harold Minjir
as Winthrop Cole
Leni Stengel
as Julie Stressman
Betty Van Allen
as Mitzi, aged 6
Alma Chester
as Martha
Guy Oliver
as John Adams
