Husband and father Will Rogers tells his spoiled wife and children that they have to economize.

An inept inventor and his stoic wife believe an oil well investment has paid off and that they've become wealthy overnight.

A woman becomes estranged from her daughter when the girl learns that she is illegitimate.

A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.