soap opera small town married woman kay francis works local newsstand performs leading lady local playhouse dreams becoming star broadway famous actor ham windbag womanizer boot arrives town visits room dreams giving tips stardom  pretends valet manager tricking believing takes experience become big star husband finds punches guy resulting actors unexpected death  leads murder trial even unexpected life prison sentence hubby next thing know joined traveling burlesque show hopes one day making broadway making enough money get mans freedom  baby sleeping trunkbr br this film pretty interesting plot well bit farfetched perhaps melodramatic with tons melodramatic music make sure get it  greatly enhanced strong emotional performance given kay francis  makes film also helping welldone acting minna gombell role getting close forty older lady works burlesque befriends kay worth seeing especially kay francis fans