Clarence Day ?(Wi`);lliam Powell))
, is a b,#enevolent de^spo#t [of his 1880s New York Ci ; t%% y ,hou *%sehold. Hi/s wife Vinnie
*?(Irene +D _=u^nn+?#e), i.s t(he ;real head%#! of the hous\ehold. The anecdota##:l*). sto,ry, encompas.] si/ng* such details=   as Clare-:nce (Jimmy Lydon), the e,+!ldest 
(son's romance w\ith pretty$ o@!)u!=t.+;:-of-, t+owner Mar:y (El -iza/b \eth. Taylor)/??. #) Vinnie tries+] to get)#-` h$er headstron-g husband baptized, else h e'l] %l never be able to en`ter t^-he Ki?ngdom of God.