Bessie’s beauty is her god. As a youth she sings at a mission but then falls away as a teenager. She meets and marries Nick, a Mafia type who is killed after their marriage. Her behavior degenerates and she sickens of her life and goes to Chicago where her family has moved. Her mother takes her to church and Bessie goes to the altar and prays to receive Christ. In street ministry she meets Bill, an accordionist, and they marry. He joins the Navy after Pearl Harbor and is killed in action.