In the turn-of-the-century Oklahoma Territory on the brink of statehood, the story unfolds in peaceful Claremore. Laurey and Curley fuss and fight and will not admit that they love each other. Ado Annie cannot decide between Will, a handsome rodeo rider, and Ali Hakim, a smooth, citified travelling peddler. Curley and Jud Fry, the rough-edged hired hand, struggle over Laurey's affections. All will be settled at the Skidmore social.

In 1850 New York, Dimples Appleby, who leads a band of children street singers, lives with her grandfather, Prof. Eustace Appleby, an actor down on his luck, who resorts to petty theft, rumors of which Dimples refuses to believe. They perform at the Drew estate, from which the professor steals a clock. Dimples returns the clock and overhears that Mrs. Drew's beloved nephew, Allen, is leaving her house because she does not approve of his love for an...