Reporter Pete Garvey (Bing Crosby), who has been running a French orphanage, is hoping to adopt two kids and marry his longtime girlfriend, Emmadel (Jane Wyman). But Pete, who has been dragging his feet on proposing, is unpleasantly surprised when he arrives in Boston ready to pop the question, only to find that Emmadel is engaged to another man (Franchot Tone). Desperate to win her back, Pete teams up with her cousin, Winifred, to convince Emmadel to finally marry him.