Mild-mannered Kempy the plumber (Elliott Nugent) just wanted to fix the pipes at the Bence residence, but the free-spirited Kate (Norma Lee) has other ideas. Eager to make her crush Duke (Roland Young, later of Topper [1937] fame) jealous, she convinces Kempy that she and he should get married--immediately. This doesn't go over well with her father (J.C. Nugent, father of Elliott) but Duke figures out a way to turn this tangle to everyone's advantage. Audiences in 1929 showed up in droves for this marriage comedy, maybe not entirely because of the plot--it was one of, if not the very first, MGM movies made to play in theaters equipped with the Western Electric Sound System, providing the then-novelty of sound amplified loudly enough to fill a theater to the back row. Based on a play written by its star Elliott Nugent.

By Violet LeVoit