- Peppy's moving up through the ranks, from dancing chorus girl to "maid" to a character called "Miss Isadora" who gets her own screen in the credits.
- There's a montage of audience shots— everyone seems to love the breakthrough star, and Peppy Miller is becoming a household name.
- Meanwhile, things aren't so hunky dory at the Valentin residence. There's more silence than usual (ha) between George and his wife, and she takes out her anger with a black pen on pictures of his face.