Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decide to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.
There are dogs that are pets of a former child star character in the film. Two are always walked by a handler and one is always carried by the character. Nothing happens to them.
I don't know where else to classify this: The show put on by the children of vaudeville performers included a lengthy and highly offensive number in blackface minstrel.