A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her knowledge.

The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.

Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.

Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane follow them to New York.