ClarenceDay(WilliamPowell),isabenevolentdespotofhis1880sNewYorkCityhousehold.HiswifeVinnie(IreneDunne),istherealheadofthehousehold.Theanecdotalstory,encompassingsuchdetailsasClarence(JimmyLydon),theeldestson'sromancewithprettyout-of-townerMary(ElizabethTaylor).Vinnietriestogetherheadstronghusbandbaptized,elsehe'llneverbeabletoentertheKingdomofGod.