A planned marriage becomes complicated by Ma Watts's matchmaking scheme, Billy's ignorance, and Blondie's separate intentions.
Story Structure — 4 Plot Phases
The Bachelor Dinner
Glenn Tryon attends a bachelor's dinner before marrying Connie Watts. The gathering includes roughly a dozen of his female friends.
Key Events
Bachelor's Dinner — Glenn Tryon attends a bachelor's dinner before his planned marriage to Connie Watts. Characters: Glenn TryonLocation: Bachelor's dinner setting
Female Guests Gather — The dinner is attended by about a dozen of Glenn's female friends. Characters: Glenn TryonLocation: Bachelor's dinner setting
A Marriage Underway
The opening situation establishes Glenn and Connie as the intended marrying couple. Their planned marriage provides the initial romantic arrangement.
Key Events
Female Guests Gather — The dinner is attended by about a dozen of Glenn's female friends. Characters: Glenn TryonLocation: Bachelor's dinner setting
Marriage Plan Revealed — Ma Watts plans for Connie to marry Billy Bevan instead of Glenn. Characters: Ma Watts, Connie Watts, Billy BevanLocation: Unspecified
Ma's Contrasting Scheme
Ma Watts has a different plan for Connie's future. She intends Connie to marry Billy Bevan instead.
Key Events
Marriage Plan Revealed — Ma Watts plans for Connie to marry Billy Bevan instead of Glenn. Characters: Ma Watts, Connie Watts, Billy BevanLocation: Unspecified
Billy Remains Unaware — Billy does not know about Ma Watts's marriage intentions. Characters: Billy Bevan, Ma WattsLocation: Unspecified
Competing Intentions
Billy remains unaware of Ma's intentions, while Blondie has plans of her own involving him. The romantic situation therefore contains several conflicting agendas.
Key Events
Blondie's Own Plans — Blondie also has her own plans involving Billy. Characters: Blondie, Billy BevanLocation: Unspecified
Story Breakdown
Bachelor Dinner — The story opens with Glenn Tryon's pre-marriage dinner.
Glenn Hosts Dinner — Glenn Tryon is at his bachelor's dinner.
Female Friends Attend — About a dozen of Glenn's female friends attend.
Planned Marriage — Glenn and Connie are introduced as the intended marrying couple.
Glenn And Connie — Glenn Tryon is preparing to marry Connie Watts.
Marriage Expectation — The planned wedding establishes the initial romantic arrangement.
Ma's Matchmaking Plan — Ma Watts intends to redirect Connie's marriage.
Connie For Billy — Ma plans for Connie to marry Billy Bevan.
Hidden Intention — Ma's plan is not known to Billy.
Billy's Unawareness — Billy is positioned inside the scheme without knowing about it.
Billy Uninformed — Billy is unaware of Ma's intentions.
Unseen Proposal — The proposed marriage exists as Ma's plan rather than Billy's known decision.
Blondie's Intentions — Blondie introduces another personal agenda involving Billy.
Plans For Billy — Blondie has plans of her own regarding Billy.
Competing Agenda — Her intentions add another complication to Ma's proposed match.
Romantic Confusion — The plot centers on overlapping plans surrounding Connie, Glenn, Billy, and Blondie.
Original Pairing — Glenn and Connie are the initially planned couple.
Conflicting Plans — Ma and Blondie each introduce intentions involving Billy.
Glenn Tryon is at his Bachelor's Dinner, attended only by a dozen of his girl friends, prior to marrying Connie Watts but Ma Watts has plans for Connie to marry playboy Billy Bevan, who is unaware of Ma's intentions, as is Blondie who has plans of her own regarding Billy. The laughs here are only slightly less scarce than the chicken in the boarding house chicken-and-dumplings in "True Grit."