In 1940 the music of Victor Herbert held an affectionate place in American life coming from an era of handsome cabs, leg-of-mutton sleeves and the cigar store Indians. These melodies were treasured then as they were in the years that are gone for the music of Victor Herbert was woven in a patterned of unity throughout the generations, everybody liked it. John McIntyre narrates this musical story of the composer and his famous melodies.