Ex-opera singer Helen Lorfield Winter (Jeanette MacDonald) rents a house in the small town of Brushy Gap, in the hills not too far from the Smokies, Blue Ridge, and Atlanta Georgia with her dog, Lassie, after the tragic death of her son. There she befriends Jerry, a young orphan (Claude Jarman Jr.). Growing attached to Jerry, but not wanting children so soon after the death of her own son, Helen leaves Brushy Gap to resume her singing career.
Former opera singer Helen Lorfield Winter (Jeanette MacDonald) rents a house in the small town of Brushy Gap, surrounded by hills near the Smokies, Blue Ridge, and Atlanta Georgia with her dog, Lassie, after the tragic loss of her son. There she befriends Jerry, a young orphan (Claude Jarman Jr.), to whom she becomes attached but is hesitant to have children soon after her own son's passing, leading her to leave Brushy Gap to resume her singing career.