Peggy Clifford [Mary Drake]; Ray Clifford [Roy Clifford]; Preston Fellows; Dinah; Bill; Mike Gatty; Otto; Raymond Clifford [Johnny]; Emily; Sue
Synopsis
After Peg secretly marries jazz musician Ray, her parents find out and reject her. Three months later, Ray dies of a heart attack, leaving Peg a widowed expectant mother. She can’t get a job and is turned down for welfare. Peg abandons her child and takes a job as a waitress in a diner. She goes to work as a cigarette girl in Mike's nightclub but he's killed by gangsters. Peg becomes the nursemaid for “John,” actually her own son. Because his adoptive parents really love him, Peg must put up with the “anguished pain” she suffers because she can’t acknowledge the boy as her son.
Sue Delaney; Ed Keenan; Pauline Wylie; Bill Ingram; Katharine Davis; Doris
Synopsis
Sue leaves her boring hometown and boyfriend Ed to take a job in the city, moving in with Pauline. Sue is attracted to Pauline’s fiancé Bill but discovers he’s a womanizer. Ed arrives and gives Sue an engagement ring. Pauline explains that Bill was only pretending to be a playboy to teach Sue a lesson. She departs for home to marry Ed.
Ronny Brent; Janet Miller; Jack King; Peter Miller; Mrs. Miller
Synopsis
Janet and her family live a middle-class existence in a small town, but she wants luxury. When her father sells an invention and becomes rich, they move to New York, leaving her boyfriend Jack behind. Janet falls in love with Ronny, then discovers he’s a fortune-hunter who considers her a “hick from the corn belt.” She goes home to marry Jack.