Many of the night club scenes were shot at the popular and most visited venues of this time where Micheaux hand-picked the leading cabaret singers in the film based on if they resembled the already set members of the cast.
Throughout the film there are hidden secrets that are directly related to the Negro gangsters and henchmen who all have an unsuspecting background in the nightclubs in the city of Harlem.
Vivian Poret dates her employer's son (Nelson Gentry) after her own husband (Jerry Martin) is sent to prison three years prior for being a part of a gang that he had snitched on.
Jerry escapes from prison and learns that Vivian is doing well and living in Harlem, he decides to go visit her unknowing that her boyfriend is trying to convince her to get an annulment from him.
Harold succeeds in gaining the trust of Sacha after taking her out for a night on the town, he has plans to sell her to an old man who will use her for his own pleasure.