The story of Perle Mesta, who became, first, a renowned society hostess, and then an ambassadress.
Mrs. Mesta's biography, from her lonely childhood in the oil patch, to her term as Truman's ambassador to Luxembourg. Along the way, we see her marriage to Steel magnate George Mesta, her accident-prone first party in Washington, and an incident where she tries to help a boy refugee from East Berlin.—WesternOne