This marriage is the second for both Mr amp Mrs Cornelius McNitt He is pantywhipped by his social climbing second wife She has recruited Clifford Figfield to stage and direct a charity pageant which is more a means for her to hobnob with the social elite and to nab Larry Lodge the pageants leading man as a husband for her flighty daughter Phyllis the pageants leading lady Larry ends up only having eyes for Sally McNitt Mr McNitts visiting daughter and she in turn has eyes for him