Chorus girl Jill Deverne supports her song-writer husband, Fred, who has a strong bent for alcohol.  When he finishes a new song, she consents to show it to racketeer Joe Prividi, the producer of her musical show, but Fred objects to favors from him.  Nevertheless, Prividi, who covets Jill, agrees to use the song.

Fred and his partner, Johnny Dolan, arrive drunk at a nightclub appointment.  In a raid, the police discover Fred with Ruthie, a chorus girl.  Disgusted and angered by Fred's behavior, Jill becomes Prividi's girl.

Later, at a private party, Prividi shoots a drunken gambler who tries to force himself on her.  When she goes to him at the jail, Jill finds Fred down and out and plans for a new future.  Prividi hires gunmen to shoot Fred upon his release, but Prividi is taken prisoner aboard a train, and Jill and Fred begin life anew.