It was the penultimate feature film of All-American News, a company that made newsreels about black Americans.

[4][5] Mom (Moms Mabley) runs a boarding house for struggling entertainers,[6][7] similar to the situation decades earlier when Mabley had lived in a boarding house for black entertainers in Buffalo, New York.

[8] When the boarding house is threatened with closure and all the tenants evicted due to non-payments, everyone gets together to put on a show to raise the money needed to save Mom and their home.

[9] The plot functions as a showcase[8] for performance and comedy sketches and in the end enough money is raised to fend off the landlord.

[6] The film was the first starring role for Mabley and showcased her "vaudeville-circuit comedy and captured her signature stances and expressions.