Driven to drink over losing his girlfriend, Valentine (Katharine Alexander), to a rich man, Geoff Sherwood (Ian Hunter) goes on a bender, creating a drunken disturbance outside the church at Valentine's wedding. When shop girl Miriam Brady (Bette Davis) rescues him, Geoff convinces her to join him drinking, and the next morning they wake up married. Geoff surprises Miriam by agreeing to try married life, and the couple just begin to find contentment when an unhappy Valentine confronts Miriam.