Morning Glory

Naive but ambitious Ada Love, choosing the stage name Eva Lovelace, has just arrived in New York City with very limited funds in the hopes of being a stage actress, with amateur theater in her hometown of Franklin, Vermont being her only credits to date. She is more star-struck than a true actress, although she truly does believe she can be a great actress in the right part. She puts on airs to those she meets to hide her sparse resume. She hopes to make an impression on Broadway impresario Louis Easton, who has recently collaborated with up and coming playwright Joseph Sheridan. In the business side of show business, Easton knows that he has to have big names in the lead roles to pull in the crowds, and often works with Rita Vernon, a diva who can pull in those crowds. Rita can surprise them by truly giving great performances, but she can just as easily be totally wrong in the roles she plays. In her first meeting with Easton and Sheridan, Eva is only able to get her foot in the door because of a quick friendship she strikes with R.G. Hedges, an Easton's client who is in the waiting room when she arrives at his office. In Eva, both Easton and Sheridan see a young, naive and rather off kilter young woman rather than a true actress. But there is still something about her that makes them care what happens to her, however not crazy enough to give her a major role. Their association morphs in more personal ways than professional, with Eva needing to take any work she can get merely to survive in New York. If she can only be given a break of some sort to show them what she can truly do on stage. She may learn that professional success does not equate to personal happiness.