Young ballet dancer Bobbie Brent has lost her parents and must care for herself and her younger brother and sister. In order to keep the children, she pretends that they are her own children and not her siblings. Jack Stinson, her boyfriend, is aghast at this deception and breaks up with her. However, Jack's old girlfriend Velma is still jealous of Bobbie, and comes up with a scheme to get rid of her once and for all so she can have Jack all to herself.