Miquette is a young woman whose beauty and vivacity increase the clientele of her mother's tobacco shop. A Barrymoresque actor believes that Miquette has star potential, but he hasn't sufficient capital to finance her theatrical debut. He manages to get the money by practicing a bit of genteel blackmail on an aging marquis who has romantic designs on the heroine.
as Miquette Grandier
as Monchablon
as Le marquis de la Tour-Mirande
as Urbain de la Tour-Mirande
as Madame Grandier
as Lahirel
as Mademoiselle Émilienne
as Madame Mercadier
as Perrine
