Fibber McGee and Molly drive by a theater and see the sign advertising Buddy Rogers, so they stop in. Mary Livingston is helping the publicity agent (her boyfriend Ned Sparks) for a theater - with one of her famous poems. Outside the theater, Betty Grable is looking for work. She thinks she is being hired as a chorus girl, but is only an usherette. Grable gets sidetracked listening to Buddy Rogers sing, and she gets fired. Sparks hears about it from Livingston and decides to make a publicity story out of it. Rogers makes a play for Grable, and they sing together - naturally - and then she dances for him. But instead of success, she is fired. When Rogers argues her case with the manager, he is fired, also.
Now the show is hurting for talent, but Fibber and Molly accidentally go into one of his tongue-twister routines while a microphone is on. Grable gets another chance to try out, and they decide to make a star out of her. Rogers resolves to marry her, but it is a press stunt to get even for his firing. He is late for the ceremony, so they decide to put on first the show they had planned for after the wedding. That gives us a chance to pack a few more song and dance numbers into the thin plot. Because Rogers has not showed up, the producer insists that Sparks marry Livingston, and Lee Bowman stands in for Rogers. He loves her, but she loves Rogers, who shows up at the last minute.
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