The Angel of Broadway

In the vibrant, morally ambiguous landscape of 1927, Babe Scott, a cynical yet compelling cabaret dancer, finds herself in pursuit of a new, shocking act to captivate her jaded clientele. Her audacious concept: to burlesque a Salvation Army 'lassie.' This quest for authentic material leads her deep into the gritty, earnest world of East Side mission meetings, a stark contrast to her own, where she encounters Jerry Wilson. Jerry, an honest, principled truck driver and a loyal friend to the Army captain, embodies a genuine faith and simplicity Babe rarely witnesses. The resulting stage act is a resounding commercial success, yet Babe's burgeoning disillusionment is not born from the mission's world, but from her own. Her colleague and lover, Lonnie, a man she believed in, reveals his true colors as a thief, pilfering her earnings, and brazenly making advances towards Big Bertha, the club's hard-boiled hostess. This betrayal casts a harsh light on the superficiality and deceit inherent in her glamorous, yet ultimately hollow, existence.