A young man falls in love with a girl from a rich family. His unorthodox plan to go on holiday for the early years of his life is met with skepticism by everyone except for his fiancée's eccentric sister and long suffering brother.
Free-thinking Johnny Case finds himself betrothed to a millionaire's daughter. When her family, with the exception of black-sheep Linda and drunken Ned, want Johnny to settle down to big business, he rebels, wishing instead to spend the early years of his life on "holiday." With the help of his friends Nick and Susan Potter, he makes up his mind as to which is the better course, and the better mate.
Written by Terri A. Mabry <tamabry@uci.edu>
In the original play, Nick and Susan Potter are wealthy socialites. Due to the depression, the plot was altered so that Johnny, who represented "the common man" would have more ordinary, down to earth friends.
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Goofs
Continuity:
When Katherine Hepburn decides to come downstairs to join the New Year's Eve party, her hairstyle in the scene when she begins her descent changes in the next scene as she is descending the stairs.
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