Three separate stories set in New York about the success or failure of marriage.

Three women, each living in a separate social sphere, live out their destinies in New York City. Annis Grand, who has achieved great success on the stage, meets Ian Fraser as the result of an automobile accident. After they are married, the overworked Ian resorts to drugs, and Annis gives up her career for their mutual happiness. Georgia Wayne, from a small southern town, marries Lafayette Wayne, a plodding young lawyer. After she is compromised by wealthy promoter Chester King, both men discard her. Sheila Hopkins, a young newspaperwoman who marries to escape being an old maid, is selfishly concerned only with her career. Her lack of sympathy for her sensitive husband, Anthony "Tony" Sheridan, drives him to alcoholism. Tony returns to his hometown to die, leaving Sheila to recognize her loss.—AFI