Two peasant sisters flee Russia during the revolution and sail to America. One, Olga Farinova (Mae Murray), masquerades as a princess, becomes a noted actress, and marries a millionaire's son. Olga repudiates her sister, Zita (Mae Murray), who has no illusions about her past life or present poverty. When Olga is shot by Kaminoff (Elmo Lincoln), a rejected suitor, Zita is adopted into the husband's family.

Mae Murray
as Olga Farinova / Zita

Earle Foxe
as James Morton

Freeman Wood
as Eric Van Corland

Mathilde Brundage
as Mrs. Van Corland

Elmo Lincoln
as Kaminoff

Sidney Franklin
as Papa Levitzky

Rosa Rosanova
as Mama Levitzky

Craig Biddle Jr.
as Press Agent