Uncle Barney visits his Cooper relations and announces his intention to marry, settling down to a comfortable existence. The Coopers take on the task of finding the perfect wife for Barney.
A young governess arrives at an old family mansion to tutor a young boy. She soon discovers that the evil and possessive companion to the elderly grandmother dominates all three generations of the family.
When a young man inherits his father's share of a large manufacturing firm, his scheming wife goads him into a plot to take control of the entire company from the senior partner.
A successful singer in a fashionable New York supper club threatens suit against a scandal magazine that has printed a vicious and libelous article about her. A young lawyer offers to take her case. When she is offered the opportunity to star in a Broadway musical, provided she agrees to drop the suit, she must choose between her career and her principles.