[1][2] It is the second of three film adaptations of the popular 1927 Broadway play Burlesque by George Manker Watters and Arthur Hopkins, after The Dance of Life (1929) and before When My Baby Smiles at Me (1948).

Working her way as a hairdresser on board a liner traveling through the Panama Canal Zone, Maggie King brushes off a brash young soldier, "Skid" Johnson, on his last day in the Army.

In a nightclub, she expresses her distaste of trumpet music, whereupon he impresses her with his amazing prowess with the instrument.

Maggie prods the reluctant Skid into going to New York City to play in a major nightclub, leaving her behind.

Harry has gotten a band together for a live radio performance to audition for an important sponsor, and (to help his old friend out) wants Skid to play with them.

During the broadcast, Skid is terrible at first, but after Maggie tells him that she is sticking to him "til death do us part", he recaptures his old brilliance.