Medical intern Robert Morley is distraught after his wife dies in childbirth. He's resentful of his new son and wants nothing to do with him. He leaves the child with his aunt and uncle and heads off to Europe to pursue his medical studies. Morley returns to his hometown six years later, now a successful doctor and engaged to be married to a beautiful socialite. He also feels differently about the boy and attempts to gain custody from his aunt and uncle.

With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.

Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.

Newspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of prizefight contender Martin, who is about to fight for the championship. However, he does not know that his manager is preparing to double-cross him.

A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.

In 1898, composer Sid Barnett manages to get his sweetheart, Adeline the beer-garden singer, to sing the lead in his new Broadway operetta; this infuriates Elysia, the erstwhile star. But Sid frets as Adeline spends increasing amounts of time with the dashing Major Day.

A dance trophy winning young couple is temporarily split up when a playboy aviator leads the girl to believe he's in love with her.

The life and loves of composer Stephen Foster, from his early success through his decline, degradation, and death from alcoholism.

A songwriter's young daughter (June Lang) begins to dream of stardom when she's offered the lead role in a new operetta.

Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornell, who has lost her own radio show, helps Buddy.

A Depression-downtrodden waif uses her brains instead of her body to rise from tyro con artist to crime boss.