Laura Fitzgerald arrives in Hollywood, trying to become a screenwriter, but her mother, a glamorous movie actress named Jessamyn Friday, is jealous of her daughter and attempts to get her blacklisted. Both mother and daughter are in love with the same man, Jake Turner, and when he and Laura are married, Jessamyn is able to manipulate both their lives by financing a production company for Jake.
Laura Fitzgerald arrives in Hollywood, trying to become a screenwriter, but her mother, a glamorous movie actress named Jessamyn Friday, is jealous of her daughter and attempts to get her blacklisted. Both mother and daughter are in love with the same man, Jake Turner, and when he and Laura are married, Jessamyn is able to manipulate both their lives by financing a production company for Jake.