[2] Glamorous socialite Helen Lattimer is reaching for the top of society, while her younger sister Kate is perfectly content as she is.

Helen decides to drive him home in his sports car, but she is not used to the roadster manual shift gear and hits and kills a bicyclist.

Helen has stains on her driving gloves and she immediately starts burying a small package in the garden.

Kate takes every opportunity to remind her sister that she is responsible, driving Helen to marry a lawyer to escape the incessant accusations.

Ridley has arranged for the dead man's family to be financially secure, and Kate sees them regularly as well to make sure everything is all right.

[4] In November 1939 MGM announced that Maureen O'Sullivan would star, Frederick Stephani would produce and Kathryn Scola was writing the screenplay.

[6] In February Laraine Day replaced Maureen O'Sullivan and Bob Cummings and Billie Burke joined the cast.