Mr. Christie and his company arrive at Universal City. Mr. Christie calls on the Scenario Department for a story. Next we find him in consultation with the general manager relative to the story which he has decided to put on, "Getting a Square Meal." Leaving the general manager, he rounds up the members of his company, gets his sets lined up, costumes for the different members, and they set to work on the rehearsal. The company is followed through in the making of each scene, the members all made up take their places, the action starts and the making of a "movie" is begun. The story is as follows: Eddie and his partner, Victoria, a vaudeville team, are in hard circumstances. Their landlady demands that they either pay up their board bill or no more eats. She calls on the janitor, Lee, to help her enforce her orders. The janitor willingly takes a hand and is about to handle them roughly, when Eddie resists. By this time they have arrived near the dining room, where a meal is in progress. Eddie gets an idea, and tells his partner and each sneaks away a different route. Outside they call, "Help. Murder. Fire," and all the inmates, of the house run out pell-mell. Eddie and his partner sneak back and voraciously fall to the meal on the table. The landlady misses them and one of the boarders says, "Let's look in the dining room." Here they find the missing couple and they are at last put out, but not until they have had their "square meal." The picture is finished, we follow it into the large developing room, see it developed, put on the revolving drums and dried, then all go to the company's theater where it is run. The director and his company all file in and take their seats. The picture is run and discussed. At the close the picture is taken to the cutting room and placed in its proper shape. We see the director cutting the film, then it goes to the pasting room, where it is put in shape for the final inspection. Again the picture is run. The members of the company are not satisfied and begin to blame each other, the cameraman is "balled out" and they all lay the blame of the picture not being good on Lee. He is insulted and indignantly tells them he will quit. They assist him to keep his word, tell him it is good riddance, and in fact the members are about to give a miniature of the present European calamity, when the general manager comes on and asks about the picture. A sudden change comes over all. They insist the picture is the best they have ever made. The general manager is delighted, and as he goes into the theater, the "Nestor" company silently fade away, "while the going is good."