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Aspiring actress Lora Meredith meets Annie Johnson, a homeless Black woman at Coney Island, and soon they share a tiny apartment. Each woman has an intolerable daughter. However, Annies little girl Sarah Jane is by far the worst. Neurotic and obnoxious, Sarah Jane doesnt like being Black; since shes light-skinned (her father was practically white), she spends the rest of the film trying to pass as white, much to her mothers heartache and shame. Lora, meanwhile, virtually ignores her own daughter in a single-minded quest for stardom.
In Coney Island, the widow and aspiring actress Lora Meredith finds her 6-year-old daughter Susie playing with 8-year-old Sarah Jane, the daughter of homeless Annie Johnson. Lora brings Annie and her daughter to live in her small apartment in New York and they become close friends. Lora has a love affair with photographer Steve Archer and soon he proposes. But the ambitious Lora dreams on becoming a star on Broadway and prioritizes her career and also neglects Susie. The light-skinned Sarah Jones rejects her Black mother and tries to pass as white for her friends. Lora succeeds in her career and reaches stardom. Ten years later, she meets Steve by chance and he pays attention to Susie while Lora is shooting a film in Italy. When she returns, she decides to get married with Steve, but Susie has fallen in love with Steve. Meanwhile Sarah Jane runs away from home to work in fleshpots.
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