A hair-dresser stranded in Panama moves in with an ex-soldier and his hypochondriac roommate; she and the former fall in love, but their romance is threatened by success and the arrival of his old flame.

In Panama, Maggie King (Carol Lombard) meets soldier Skid Johnson (Fred McMurray) on his last day in the army and reluctantly agrees to a date to celebrate. The two become involved in a nightclub brawl which causes Maggie to miss her ship back to the States. Now stranded, she's forced to move in with Skid and his pal Harry (Charles Butterworth). She soon falls in love with Skid. Skid gets a job playing the trumpet at a local club and becomes a big success, but fame and fortune go to his head and threaten to destroy their relationship and his career.—Daniel Bubbeo <[email protected]>

A hair-dresser (Carol Lombard) stranded in Panama moves in with an ex-soldier (Fred McMurray) and his hypochondriac roommate (Charles Butterworth); she and the former fall in love, but their romance is threatened by success and the arrival of his old flame (Dorothy Lamore).