Jerry, a struggling, but happy-go-lucky American artist, falls in love with Lise, a French shop girl. Unbeknownst to Jerry, Lise is engaged to Henri, one of Jerry's pals.
A small-town girl that is hailed as America's favorite heroine because she is quietly dying of a rare disease ... so her doctor says. An ace reporter sees a huge story in this, so he brings her to New York to die amid the dripping tears of a whole nation.