Naomi, a light-skinned Black child, is abandoned by her mother and raised by the virtuous Mrs. Saunders. When the girl's fixation with whiteness turns her against her own race, she is sent to a convent. Hopelessly in love with her adoptive brother Jimmie, Naomi consents to marry his friend, but is repulsed by his darker skin and unrefined ways.
A nightclub singer refuses to "date" customers, so she's framed for the murder of her aunt.
Stan Kenton and his Orchestra perform "This Love of Mine" with Cyd Charisse and other dancers
