Plot

A drunken newspaperman is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.

Nere-do-well Jerry Corbett finally meets and marries the right girl, Joan Prentice. Unfortunately their wedded bliss is interrupted when Jerry's play becomes a hit and he hooks up with the wrong woman from his past. Joan decides that turn-about is fair play and picks another man to escort her to various parties around New York. Eventually Jerry quits drinking and sends his girlfriend packing, just in time for Joan to take him back.—Anonymous

In Chicago, tin-can heiress Joan Prentice and newspaper columnist/aspiring playwright Jerry Corbett meet at a society party and have an immediate connection, despite Jerry being drunk at the time; and despite Jerry having disappointed Joan more than once in their courtship, with excessive alcohol consumption more often than not being the cause, those disappointments which makes her father believe that he may just be after her money, they end up getting married, for Joan knows that it is love. As their marriage progresses, the happy times are punctuated by further disappointments on both sides. But the biggest issue in their married life is the return of actress Claire Hempstead, Jerry's girlfriend before Joan, who broke Jerry's heart. The destructive combination of Claire and alcohol in Jerry's life, those two associated items could prove to be too difficult an obstacle for Joan to overcome for their marriage to survive despite her love for him.—Huggo

Jerry Corbett is an alcoholic who never got over his big love, until the love of Joan Prentice makes him forget--until Jerry's former flame Claire comes back into the picture. Soon it's back to the bottle, and Jerry's marriage to Joan is on the rocks. Joan makes the bright decision that what's good for the goose is good for the gander and begins to drink and party like Jerry. Joan becomes ill from this raucous living and goes home to her rich daddy. Upon Joan's departure, Jerry suddenly decides he really does love Joan, dumps Claire, and tries desperately to see Joan to tell her. Joan's daddy prevents Jerry from seeing Joan. A newspaper clipping clues Jerry in to the fact that he's just become a father. He races to the hospital, then struggles with his father-in-law to see his wife and child.—Debbie Dunlap <dwdunlap@erols.com>