A young boy finds himself in a home for retired minstrel acts. He's anxious to find out as much as he can about them, and flashbacks show what it was like back in the days of the minstrel shows.

A young boy wanders into an old-folks' home and expresses interest in the old-time minstrel shows. The home's residents, former minstrel men, begin reminiscing via flashbacks, and the film cuts to a riverboat and an old-fashioned blackface minstrel show with songs, dances, vaudeville skits, and lots of banjo strumming.—Les Adams <[email protected]>