خلاصه داستان : یک بازیگر تئاتر که به خاطر صورت سیاه خود مشهور است،بطور ناشناس به یک گروه بازیگری آماتور پیوسته و عاشق بازیگر اصلی گروه می شود...

The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally joins a traveling acting troupe, and falls in love with Ginger Bolivar, who runs the troupe and stars in their Civil War melodrama. Don's producer sees the play, and thinks it's a comic masterpiece, and just what Don's Broadway show needs. But when Ginger finds out she's been played for a fool, will she forgive Don?