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reporter Stew Smith is assigned to cover a breach of promise suit being
filed by chorus girl Gloria Golden against Michael Schuyler, member of the
wealthy, socially prominent Schuyler family. Stew tricks Mrs. Schuyler
into admitting Gloria was paid off, although Michael's letters to her have
not yet been recovered. Michael's beautiful sister Ann then tries to
charm Stew, but he nevertheless uses their telephone to call in the story to
Conroy, his editor. That night Stew discusses the case with his best
pal, fellow reporter Gallagher, who is secretly in love with Stew even
though he treats her like one of the guys.
The next day, Stew goes to see Ann, to whom he
gives Michael's letters, which he stole from Gloria while he was
interviewing her. Ann apologizes for her rudeness, and they begin
seeing each other.
A month later, Stew and Ann elope, prompting
Conroy to rib Stew about being "Mr. Schuyler." The Schuyler family is
furious about the marriage, but Ann assures them she will quickly tame Stew.
When Stew arrives, the newlyweds discuss where they will live, and Stew
reluctantly agrees to move into the mansion upon Ann's insistence.
Later, at a party for the Spanish ambassador,
Stew is bored with the stuffed shirts until he sees Gallagher, who is
filling in for the newspaper's society editor. Stew and Gallagher's
reunion is interrupted by rival reporter Bingy Baker, who offers Stew a job
writing a column for Bingy's paper, on the condition that he sign it "by Ann
Schuyler's husband." Bingy adds insult to injury by calling Stew a
"Cinderella Man," and is rewarded with a punch in the nose. The next
day, the incident is on the front page of Bingy's newspaper, much to the
dismay of Mrs. Schuyler.
As time passes, Stew wearies of the party life,
and Ann wearies of him. One night, after waiting impatiently for Stew
to get ready for the mayor's reception, Ann goes to get him, but leaves
without him when Stew tells her he can no longer tolerate her friends.
After a few hours, Stew becomes bored and asks Gallagher for help with the
play he is writing. She asks her friend Hank to chaperone, and he
brings the whole gang to the Schuyler mansion. While the party reaches
uproarious levels downstairs, Stew and Gallagher work on the play, which she
tells him to write from his own experience. When Ann returns, she
orders Stew to throw everyone out of her house immediately, but Stew can
take no more and packs his bags to leave with Gallagher.
Later, at Stew's apartment, he and Gallagher are
working on the play when Dexter Grayson, the Schuylers' lawyer, arrives to
offer him a financial settlement for the divorce. Stew wants no part
of the Schuyler fortune and punches Grayson, then writes the incident into
his play. Gallagher asks about the play's ending, and Stew tells her that
his character will not return to his wife but will instead marry the
character Gallagher suggested, because he has been in love with her all
along without knowing it. |
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