THE CONSTANT WOMAN.

Marlene Underwood is a star circus performer, whose husband Walt buys the circus while their son Jimmie worships everything his mother does. Marlene leaves them both to go join a larger show, then is killed in a fire, resulting in Walt going into a downward spiral of alcohol and sorrow. A woman called Lou helps restore Walt's faith in human nature, but she is resented by Jimmie, who feels she is trying to take his mother's place.