Plot

18-year-old Angela, reared in a New England town by her Aunt Betsy, receives an inheritance which she uses to go to New York, ostensibly for voice training, but she is pursuing the object of her infatuation, Army surgeon Major Hilary Jarret. Her departure depresses her childhood friend Jimmy Plum. Dr. Plum devises an errand that sends his lovesick son to New York, where he discovers that Angela thinks she's Jarret's fiancée. Jimmy also renews acquaintances with a group of show people, including Sally McGuire, who attempts to console him. Jimmy meets Jarret's divorced wife, famed photographer Harriet. Jimmy engineers a meeting of Jarret and Harriet with Angela present, which forms the beginning of an understanding that Jarret is not for her. Jimmy is inducted into the Army.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

On her eighteenth birthday, Angela Rutherford receives a six thousand dollar inheritance. She tries to give it to her aunt Betsy, who has reared her since she was a child, but Betsy refuses, saying the money is now hers to do with as she wishes. Much to the chagrin of her longtime boyfriend, Jimmy Plum, Angela has fallen in love with one of Betsy's hotel guests, Major Hilary Jarret. Hilary, an Army surgeon who has been sent stateside to recover from a tropical disease, is unaware of Angela's romantic interest, as he still sees her as a little girl. While Jimmy's physician father is out of town, Hilary is forced to go on an emergency house call in his place, making him an even greater hero in Angela's eyes. Hilary, in turn, is impressed by Jimmy's handling of the situation and tries to talk the young man into attending medical school instead of joining the Army. Once he finally realizes Angela's attraction, the fully recovered Hilary rushes back to New York to resume his military medical practice. Angela and Aunt Betsy follow him there, and Hilary is persuaded to let Angela stay in his house while she continues her training as a singer. One day soon after, Hilary returns home upset, having failed his physical and been discharged from the military, and Angela uses this opportunity to propose marriage. In his weakened state, Hilary agrees to an engagement, but states that they will not discuss marriage until her first concert. Jimmy then arrives in New York for a visit, and when he learns of Angela's engagement, he refuses to stay with the "happy couple." Later, Hilary goes to the boardinghouse where Jimmy is staying, and when he is unable to convince the young man to return home with him, the surgeon purposely leaves his dog Smokey behind. Jimmy tries to return the dog, but along the way, Smokey runs away from him and into the arms of photographer Harriet West, Hilary's ex-wife. Overhearing Harriet say that she is going to the Penguin Club that night, Jimmy takes Hilary and Angela there as well, and the surgeon and the photographer are briefly reunited. Upon the advice of love-struck nightclub singer Sally McGuire, Jimmy makes numerous attempts to get Hilary and Harriet together, all with seemingly little success. It does, however, make Angela jealous, and she rushes to Harriet's apartment where, through eavesdropping, she discovers that Hilary is still in love with his ex-wife. Later, at her first concert, Angela arranges for Hilary and Harriet finally to be reunited. Jimmy, now enlisted in the Army, is then reunited with Angela during a camp show, which he has produced with the help of Sally.