[1] Historically significant as Universal's first 100% all-talkie,[2] the production suffered from having a tight shooting schedule.

When World War I breaks out, Jack Clark (Walter Pidgeon), a Tin Pan Alley songwriter in love with chorus girl Flo Thompson (Jane Winton), enlists in the Army with his pal Lefty (Tom Dugan) and is sent to France, where they spend their time plunking out tunes while enemy shells whiz past their head.

There, Jack meets Madelon (Mildred Harris), a little French singer who falls madly in love with him.

Eventually, a stray bullet hits Jack during combat and loses the use of his right arm, rendering him unable to wield a pencil to write music or play a piano.

The film featured a theme song entitled "My Sweetheart" which was composed by Gus Kahn, Larry Conley, and Gene Rodemich.