Ahmed, son of Diana and Sheik Ahmed Ben Hassan, falls in love with Yasmin, a dancing girl who fronts her father's gang of mountebanks. She and Ahmed meet secretly until one night when her father and the gang capture the son of the sheik, torture him, and hold him for ransom.
A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
The team behind a successful Broadway production tries to stop the married stars from transitioning to Hollywood.
