 Dave Snowden (James MacArthur) elopes with wealthy Bonnie Daniels (Lynn Loring), and they break into the abandoned old estate where Bonnie grew up. As they wonder what is behind a locked door on the upper floor, they stumble upon Bonnie s mother, Mrs. Daniels (Gloria Swanson). Mrs. Daniels always protected Bonnie--who was sickly and plain in her childhood--against gold-digging suitors. She annuls the marriage, because Bonnie s true age is only 17. A month later, when Bonnie reaches majority, she rejoins Dave, and they consummate nuptials, but Mrs. Daniels snubs them, and will not release Bonnie s trust fund until she is 25. Dave convinces Bonnie to attempt suicide with sleeping pills, in order to convince her mother that she loves Dave. Although she takes only 4 pills, Bonnie dies, because of a history of rheumatic disease. After the funeral, as an apparent gesture of goodwill, Mrs. Daniels grants Dave the childhood estate. Dave proclaims that he only married Bonnie for her money. Mrs. Daniels, hiding in the house, overhears Dave s admission, then watches as he enters the locked door, behind which is an unfinished elevator shaft. Dave plunges to the bottom of the shaft, becoming paralyzed. He begs Mrs. Daniels to save him, but she just tosses the house keys down to him, and closes the door.