The Sunbeam plot
Prue, who lives in the slums, and Danny O'Maddigan, a reformed outlaw, want to buy a birthday cake for Prue's 75-year-old grandmother. They live across the hall from Ellen Rutherford, the penniless widow of Steven Rutherford, Jr., who was disinherited by his father, a wealthy candy manufacturer. Prue, who works at the candy factory, gives Ellen the money that was intended for her grandmother's cake so that Ellen can take care of her son Bobby. Frustrated by the loss of the money, Danny steals from the factory safe, leaving the safe door open in his haste to leave. When it is subsequently robbed, Danny is seen as the culprit.