- Dorothy Kane leaves home after being denounced by her father, a businessman, who is dictatorial with his family but very lavish to his female companions in the city. Dorothy unwittingly becomes involved with his nightclub friends, Lottie, Trixie, and Alaska. At a dinner party attended by elderly men and young girls, Dorothy meets her father and decides to decry him to Mrs. Kane, but later feels that it would bring much sorrow to her already neglected mother.—Pamela Short
- Nath Kane is a prosperous, middle-aged business man who likes to cavort with younger women. He is a tyrant at home to his long-suffering wife. He forbids his daughter Dorothy from engaging in parties and other social events. Things come to a head one evening when Kane comes home, irritable and suffering from a headache, resulting from spending time at a wild party with Lottie Bird, Trixie, and a lounge lizard named Winnie. Just as Dorothy is about to drive off with friends, Kane forbids her from going. Dorothy decides to leave home. She arrives in San Francisco, and registers at a hotel where her father once stopped. In short order, her funds dry up and she has a large hotel bill. Feeling lonesome and depressed, she puts on her best clothes and strolls through "Peacock Alley," where she is noticed by several men. One of them, named "Alaska Kid," impresses her with his sincerity, so she consents to have dinner with him. In the dining room, they unexpectedly run into Lottie and Winnie, who are neighbors of Alaska. He introduces them to Dorothy, and seeing a chance to get their dinner bill paid, Lottie and Winnie become chummy with Dorothy. While Winnie and Lottie dance, Alaska notices the worried look on Dorothy's face, and questions her. She tells him about her unpaid hotel bill. Alaska offers to check with the hotel to see if they have overcharged her. Dorothy thanks him, not realizing he is misjudging the situation. Before the evening is over, he arranges for Dorothy to move in with Lottie. Deceived by Lottie's air of respectability and attracted by a life full of freedom and good times, Dorothy accepts the offer. On the way home that evening, Dorothy and Alaska stop in the park, where she tells him she intends to go to work at once to pay back her debt to him. But when Alaska tells her she is too pretty to work, she becomes incensed, and the two part in silence. When she enters Lottie's apartment, she finds Winnie there. Lottie leaves to tell Alaska that her rent is due the next day. Winnie takes advantage of the few moments alone with Dorothy to make a dinner date with her for the next evening. Dorothy, still upset with Alaska, accepts. The next day, Alaska discovers that Dorothy really is earnest about going to work, and he regrets his harsh judgment of her. He offers her a job copying documents, and she becomes so engrossed in her work that she forgets her date with Winnie. A few days later, Lottie invites Dorothy to a party given by "her wealthy friend" and other officials of the Verde Grande Mining Company, of which Kane is Vice-President. Also attending will be a man named Carson, who has taken over the company by proxy. At first, Dorothy declines, but when Alaska enters all dressed up and ready to go, she changes her mind. At the party, Dorothy is stunned to see her father at the party. He starts to denounce her, but she berates him for his treatment of other men's daughters. She now realizes her father's unfaithfulness, and tells him she is going to tell her mother everything. As she rushes out, Alaska Kid follows and offers to take her to her mother. Meanwhile, Kane sets off to reach his wife first. But his taxi is detained, and Dorothy beats him home. She discovers her mother has gone out to help a friend, which gives Dorothy time to think things over. She decides nothing would be gained by making her mother even more unhappy. Kane is relieved to discover his wife hasn't found out anything. But now he has a new worry. He has discovered that Alaska is really Carson, the man who has taken over the business, and so Kane fears for his job. Dorothy assures him that she and Carson love each other, and everything will work out.
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