Poppy Mazzini, born in Hull over her father's grocery shop, with fiery red hair, a lovely singing voice and Italian ancestry, has always wanted to be a music hall star. She realizes her ambition, and is soon top of the bill both in her home town and down south, in Brighton and London. But when her childhood love becomes engaged to someone else Poppy is devastated. She disappears in despair, but eventually finds solace from an unexpected quarter, and through her singing she is gradually able to overcome her misery.