Cynthia.

Larry Bishop (George Murphy) impresses a girl, Louise (Mary Astor), and they fall in love. Louise and Larry marry and move to his hometown in Illinois, a small town called Napoleon. They raise a daughter, Cynthia (Elizabeth Taylor), who has chronic health problems and is quite frail. Fifteen years later, the Bishops are having trouble making ends meet. Larry loses his patience and his job one day after his boss objects to his coming late to work.