In the film, Breamer's character, Miriam Holt ("the girl who sees around corners�), proves her psychic powers by locating children who went missing during the war. Her childhood love Clyde Brunton (Conrad Nagel) is unhappily married to a social climber, but Miriam's ability to commune with the spirits of the dead ("those we love are always with us�) finds a way to resolve the problem.