 Broadway producer John Thornway (Van Heflin) thinks he s seen it all. Preparing his next show in his hometown, he meets his match in Lily Mars (Judy Garland), a small town girl with a big dream: to star on broadway. When Lily follows John to New York, the two fall in love and Lily gets her big break. But an unexpected surprise awaits before the curtain rings down on the sumptuous finale to their story.