Well-to-do Chicagoan, Larry Darrell, breaks off his engagement to Isabel and
travels the world seeking enlightenment, eventually finding his guru India.
Isabel marries Gray, and following the crash of 1929, is invited to live in Paris
with her rich, social climbing, Uncle Elliot. During a sojurn there, Larry,
having attained his goal, is reunited with Isabel. While slumming one night
Larry, Isabel and company are shocked to discover Sophie, a friend from
Chicago. Having lost her husband and child in a tragic accident, Sophie is
living the low-life with the help of drugs an abusive brute. Larry tries to
rehabilitate her, but his efforts are sabotaged by Isabel who has tried in vain
to reignite Larry's interest in her.