A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.
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Edward Thompson
Permanent Williams
Evelyn Preer
Jonquil Williams
Spencer Williams
Webster Dill
Roberta Hyson
Sappho Dill
Charles Olden
Florian Slappey
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