Ferguson plays a dual role in the film, portraying both mother and daughter.

[2][3] After her father, the owner of a gambling house in Spain, is murdered and her husband, a hardened gambler, commits suicide, Chichita takes her little girl and abandons her in a convent.

Soon domestic life bores the young bride who, in New York City, becomes fascinated by nightlife and gambling.

Her mother, who has recognized her, wants to help her but Delano, discovering the bond between the two women, telephones Price.

Years later, sitting in front of a burning fireplace, Helene quietly embroiders while Price embraces her affectionately.