Героиня Мэй Уэст, принятая за владелицу китайского ночного клуба в Сан-Франциско, по ошибке схвачена и держится в заложниках. Защищаясь, она совершает убийство, сбегает и попадает на грузовое судно, направляющееся в город Ном, штат Аляска. Во время поездки в неё влюбляется капитан корабля. Дол принимает его ухаживания, чтобы не быть выданной властям. Она притворяется благочестивой работницей дома благотворительности Энни Олден, которая скончалась на борту корабля во время путешествия. Полицейский, которому было поручено следить за разыскиваемой Долл, раскрывает обман, но, к счастью для притворщицы, уже успев в неё влюбиться. Ревнивый капитан клянется убить обоих, но Долл отводит беду, согласившись уехать с ним…
Mrs. Wang
Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms...
Ming
A Chinese wife returns to the American family she left and moves in on her daughter's (Lupe Velez) beau (Lloyd Hughes).
The Maid
Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the depths with him. But seeing her so much in love with him causes him to realize he isl in love with her, and he determines to lift her up again. "Boston" Charley, the rival gang-leader, has other plans.
Ah Wong
When Mandarin Wu's unmarried daughter becomes pregnant by a young Englishman, he seeks vengeance.
Flower Seller
U.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets' Burns, is a particular thorn in his side. If Burns's lackadaisical approach to the military were not bad enough, he also makes advances on nurse Nora Dale, whom Sergeant O'Hara secretly loves. Nora is oblivious to O'Hara's feelings and is attracted to the handsome 'Skeet.' But an indiscretion turns her against him, and it takes an expedition to China and a battle with a warlord's bandit brigade to sort things out among the nurse and her two Marines.
Amah
After being educated in England, Daisy Forbes returns to China, the country of her birth, and discovers that her father has recently died and that she has become a social outcast, owing to the public revelation that the oriental nurse who raised her was actually her mother...