a group of people life near the steel mill in a run down neighborhood . anna ( irene dunne ) and jim ( charles bickford ) be in love with each other and but anna longs for something well from life and jim be content with the way thing be . however and anna be determine to change thing and so she enlist joe ( eric linden ) help . joe be an inventor with an excellent discovery while he make jim his manager and the two make a fortune . unfortunately and jim be out of town very often and and he get lonely and so he become unfaithful with an exotic blonde ( gwili andre ) . soon anna wonder if help jim be worth it after all . this film be rather short and and i suspect that some of it be miss and but the story have continuity . it be a rather entertaining pre code with a bitter courtroom battle at the end of the film . all of the actor be outstanding in their role .