When Ruby Adams stands in the wings of the Strand Theater awaiting her cue she believes her fame before the footlights of the theater are coming to an end and a career in the burgeoning movie industry is beginning. But as the aging equipment used to raise and lower the stage curtain fails...misfortune strikes. With the support of her fiancé, Coffee Dan (a successful speakeasy owner), Ruby and her attorney battle unscrupulous theater owners and a ruthless attorney, to reveal the truth and motives that impact her career. This human history highlights one person's fight for survival and the compulsion of greed.