Eminent actor Vivian Bancroft has never met his daughter's new boyfriend but the young man's arrival, at a rather inconvenient moment, certainly doesn't go unnoticed.
Kate sees Vivian's journey to the film studios as a chance to introduce her boyfriend, Marvin, to her father.
Marvin's parents wait in awe to meet Kate's famous father.
When Vivian's shower goes on the blink, Kate, perhaps unwisely, suggests that Marvin can fix it.
When Vivian decides to sack his belligerent housekeeper he finds that fact and fiction are mixing rather uneasily.
Vivian has a spring in his step until he discovers problems with both his cars. Marvin's father doesn't exactly help.