Plot

A fading Broadway entertainer takes a job as a domestic to get background for a part in a new musical.

While his roommates want to study, college student Freddy Hayden instead wants to practice to become a singing star on the radio. His roommates believe Freddy's is a foolhardy dream, until Freddy starts to tell them about his family background. He comes from a show business family. His mother, Grace Hayden, was a featured actress/singer in the Continental Follies of 1933. She, who would rather Freddy focus on his studies, currently is working as a maid on Long Island. Freddy thinks he's got his big break when, using an old contact of his mother's, gets a part in a benefit show on Long Island. That show becomes an illuminating experience for the snooty Mrs. Skinner, one of the benefit's organizers who thinks herself above "the common folk".—Huggo

Freddy is neglecting his college studies, practicing singing and impressions so he can make a career on radio. It's in his blood: his mother, Grace, sings on stage. His pals ask him what she's doing now, and it turns out she's a maid for a wealthy Long Island couple. We see her at work, overhearing a guest complaining about servants having access to the same beach as local landowners. The guest is holding a benefit to raise money to establish a separate beach area for servants. Grace is incensed, but she's more dismayed to find out from Freddy that he's dropping out of college and that his first paid gig is at the benefit. What's a mom to do?—<jhailey@hotmail.com>