Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn, Lucile Ball, Gail Patrick and Andrea Leeds star as a bevy of highly-strung showgirls and nightclub dancers hoping to make it big on Broadway. As they compete for auditions and try to avoid the casting couch of Anthony Powell (Adolphe Menjou), this group of tough-talking actresses develops a female camaraderie based on intense rivalry, snappy dialogue and one-liners that would put down even the most hardened Broadway producer. As both romantic and artistic entanglements ensue, the girls soon learn that in the world of the theatre, the real drama takes place backstage...