
Aspiring actress Ann Marie moves to New York and works at a series of temp jobs while waiting for her big break in show business, while her overprotective father, Lou, looks on nervously. Although she is focused on her career, Ann also finds time to fall for magazine executive Donald Hollinger, to whom she eventually becomes engaged. Her friends include two married couples, the Bessemers and the Baumans. Harvey and George are her agents.

A hypnotic suggestion sends Ann on a buying spree.

Ann almost ruins a surprise birthday party Don has arranged for her.

Lou Marie's grilling of Don about his future plans for Ann leads to a spat between the couple.

Ann accompanies Don on an interview with an opera star and gets more involved than she'd anticipated.