Raymond Dabney (Robert Taylor) returns to his wealthy family after a short jail stint for robbery, to the chagrin of his brother, Claude (Reginald Owen), who is set to marry Crystal Wetherby (Jean Harlow) in order to gain some funds for his family's ailing business. What Claude does not know is that Crystal also wants to marry for money, in order to pay her debts. When Raymond meets Crystal at the opera, not realizing that she happens to be his brother's fiancée, he is smitten.