Anagingactor,JohnMannering,issurprisedwhenhisestrangeddaughter,KayMartin,showsup.ItseemsthatsheisanactressandisalsotryingtomakeitonBroadway.HeispersuadedtoperformonBroadwayforthefirsttimeintwelveyearsinaplaywithher.Heisverynervousandturnstoalcoholtoovercomehisproblems.Hetriestore-establishhisrelationshipwithherwhilealsotryingtohidethefactthatsheishisdaughterfromthepress.