Three generations of the Cavandish family rule over Broadway theatre or believe they do in this play parodying one of the more famous family names of Broadway theatre at the time. Fanny refuses to fade away despite her failing health while her brother Herbert seeks out a backer for a play, his daughter Julie is busy being a famous actress, his son Tony is causing scandles in Hollywood, and possibly worst of all, Julie's daughter Gwen marries an outsider....

Young Kathleen Dungannon meets her neighbor Kenneth Wayne, and they fall in love. Her adopted father John Carteret, who bears the painful memory of his thwarted love for her aunt, Moonyean Clare, refuses to let them wed, because of his hatred for Kenneth's father.

Catherine Ernshaw has inherited Wuthering Heights, together with its occupants, a couple of servants and a wild gypsy boy with whom she has grown up, Heathcliff. Catherine has a violent quarrel with Heathcliff one night, and he disappears into the storm. Shortly thereafter Catherine marries a neighbor named Edgar, and moves away. Heathcliff returns to live in Wuthering Heights, and marries Edgar's sister for spite. He leads her an unhappy life, and...

On a wager Bob Bennett undertakes to tell the truth and nothing but the truth for three weeks. He is invited to a houseparty during that period, and because the girl he loves will be there he hasn't the strength to refuse. Many of the resulting complications are amusing.