The Rainbow Girl plot
When Amos Divine retires on a meager pension, his spoiled wife Christina resents him, but their optimistic daughter Mary Beth, who yearns for a musical career, helps them economize. Meanwhile, composer Richard Warner arrives from Vermont, but his hopes of selling his ballads are dashed by publishers who want cheap, cluttered melodies. Mary decides to rent the attic room, and Richard, hearing her play, decides to go and listen to her. After Richard accidentally starts a fire while he is busily composing, Mary begins to fall in love with him.