Henri, a stage "super," plays an extra in a Follies
revue whose job is to sit astride an elephant in a rajah's costume,
and he falls in love with a beautiful and haughty duchess, a regular
patron who is fascinated with the tigers in the revue. To win
her, Henri appears dressed in the rajah's costume at the restaurant
that she and her admirers frequent.
Henri arouses her interest, then finally her love
when he shows tremendous courage before the tigers; then he admits
to being a sham and confesses that the tiger whose cage he entered
was dead.
The next day she proves her love by joining the
chorus line.