The Golden State

They now live in the house of Rosita Morenas, who calls her single rooms apartments, and who dreams of someday living in the manner of her "noble" ancestors

Her daughter, Carmen, is married to a young bank clerk, and Mrs. Morenas vainly seeks for affection in that quarter. When gold is discovered in her yard, Mrs. Morenas is sure that her son-in-law will accept her

Mrs. Morenas' boarders are a Philadelphia businessman who went to Los Angeles to write songs, a young veteran who is now selling mineral water while his wife works nights, and a promoter, who, like Mrs. Morenas, is native-born and is sold on the California dream to the point of embezzling for it

Gold is actually found, but it is only some ore specimens that Tim, an old prospector and friend of Mrs. Morenas, has brought from his latest mine

Though there is no gold, the dreamers make their dreams come true through a realization of themselves, rather than what they hoped to be