Advice columnist Catherine Carter gets a letter from Barbara, whose locksmith boyfriend Victor is being forced to participate in robberies by a gang. Barbara says she’ll kill the crooks to save Victor, but when he arrives Catherine discovers Victor is himself a vicious criminal and is willingly helping the gang. Detective Bob questions Victor but Barbara gives him an alibi. Catherine and Barbara follow Victor and see him shoot a man during a robbery. Victor takes the two women hostage but Bob and the police arrive and save the day. Bob and Barbara are soon married.; Mary is fired from her newspaper job after writing a hostile article about obnoxious romantic movie star Robert Tyler. However, her editor changes his mind when Robert complains, and tells Mary to take a month’s vacation with pay until things cool off. Dan Cupid encourages Mary to have a make-over and she attracts Robert’s attention. Cupid’s plans succeed: Robert and Mary fall in love and get married.; Aspiring actress Ann lives in the Hotel Hopeful with other young women. Ann’s brother Jeff visits her and they rescue waitress Helen from her abusive boss. Helen moves into the Hotel Hopeful and falls in love with Jeff. However, she accepts a contract to appear in a play rather than marry him, because she feel indebted to her fellow residents and can now help them get jobs. After a time, Helen quits the play and marries Jeff; Ann gets her role and is a success.; Kay and her cousin Edith are college students who work in their spare time. Kay is a carhop and dates bank employee Pete. Strait-laced librarian Edith doesn’t approve of such frivolity and constantly nags Kay; she later tells Kay’s father that Kay is living indecently, causing him to order her to leave school at the end of the year. Edith steals Pete away from Kay, but when Kay has a breakdown, Pete catches Edith gloating and realises what sort of person she is. Pete and Kay reconcile.; Trudy and Judy argue with each other until their principal remarks how alike they are; then they decide they're both wonderful.; Dot helps Helen overcome her poor posture and attract boys.