 The famous matinee idol and blackface comedian, Don Wilson, heads out of town to escape adulation. There, calling himself Harry Mann, he accidentally joins a traveling acting troupe, and falls in love with Ginger Bolivar, who runs the troupe and stars in their Civil War melodrama. Don s producer sees the play, and thinks it s a comic masterpiece, and just what Don s Broadway show needs. But when Ginger finds out she s been played for a fool, will she forgive Don?