
Lelia Crofton, a Louisiana belle of the 1860s, loves Burleigh Mavor. By chance, she sees one of her father's black stablemen making love to a neighbor's maid, whom she supposed was white. The incident shocks Lelia and leaves a great impression upon her. When she rejects suitor Steve Daubeney, he threatens to expose a damaging secret about her mother, whom she has never met. Remembering the incident with the neighbor's maid, Lelia worries that her mother might be black, and when Daubeney learns of her fears, he leads her to believe that they are well-founded.

as Lelia Crofton

as Burleigh Mavor

as Major Crofton

as Steve Daubeney

as Stella Crofton

as Col. Mavor

as Ambrose Mavor

as Col. Daubeney

as Mrs. Hampton

as Fifi Hampton

as Uncle Joshuaway

as Aunt Doshey

as Anner Lizer

as Phinney