Janie marries the soldier she loves and becomes jealous
of his old army buddy WAC who comes for a visit. He tries to prove
his worth working at a newspaper for his father-in-law but quits
in disgust.
When Dick Lawrence (Robert Hutton) returns from the war, Janie
Conway (Joan Leslie) is ready for marriage. Charles Conway (Edward
Arnold) tells his wife Lucille (Ann Harding) that he is selling
his newspaper so that they can have a second honeymoon and travel.
Lt. Scooper Nolan (Dick Erdman) returns from the war and is surprised
to learn that his girlfriend Janie's wedding is that day.
Thelma Van Brunt (Barbara Brown) asks her second husband John
Van Brunt (Robert Benchley) to give her son advice about women.
While Dick is shaving, John warns him about women's quirks and
the pitfalls of marriage. Dick goes to see Janie and expresses
his new doubts. She reveals a typed agreement that gives them
a contract they can renew monthly.
A month later little Elsbeth Conway (Clare Foley) blackmails Joan
to keep the secret that Dick has been given a job at the newspaper.
The maid Mrs. Angles (Margaret Hamilton) has over-starched Dick's
shirts. Both in-laws have supplied Janie with different color
drapes.
The WAC Sergeant Spud Lee (Dorothy Malone) comes for a visit,
and the Conways see Dick kissing her in the newspaper office.
Janie goes with Scooper to the Coral Club to meet Dick and his
old army buddy, and she sees Dick dancing with her. Dick suggests
they let Spud stay with them and spends most of his time with
her.
John advises Janie that the way his wife kept him in line was
by being with a third person. Janie calls up Scooper, and they
try to find Dick and Spud. Harley Stowers (Donald Meek) is snooping
around the newspaper office he intends to buy, and he sees Janie
and Scooper kissing. Dick tries to talk to Charles about his story
on GIs returning to civilian life and realizes that he is being
given a raise without having proven himself. So he quits and throws
his article in the waste basket.
Charles has Janie invite both families and Stowers to a dinner
party. He arrives early and thinks that Scooper is Janie's husband.
Dick arrives tipsy with Spud and other veterans who are singing.
Mrs. Angles quits, and Lucille and Thelma discover their drapes
on the floor in the dining room. Stowers sees another soldier
in pajamas staying there and decides to leave; but Elsbeth brings
him back after Spud gets the other veterans to leave. Stowers
tells Charles he found a great article on veterans in the waste
basket and wants to make it a regular feature in his paper. Dick
has earned himself a job. Spud explains that he was a platoon
sergeant with much responsibility and does not necessarily need
extra help. As they go into dinner, Elsbeth tells Janie that she
got Stowers to come back by telling him they were going to have
a baby.
This frantic comedy reflects the nervous adjustments accompanying
the returning soldiers while Janie is learning how to be a wife
with sometimes too helpful in-laws.