A wild party given by weathy young Kay Elliott ends up in night court and Jack Gregory, a member of the party, pleads with Kay to marry him that night in the courtroom. Alan Ward, a young lawyer, is present when they arrive at court. Alan, who works for Kay’s father, is disgusted by her frivolous behavior and lectures her so severely, she decides to marry Jack out of spite. Alan telephones Kay’s father John, who demands that he bring her home at once. Kay is stimulated by Alan’s seeming disinterest in her. She invites him to several events, but he refuses to attend any of them. Finally, she fools him into thinking he is invited to a birthday party for her father. Annoyed by the trick, Alan ignores her for the rest of the evening. When she finally gets him alone, Kay tells Alan that because everyone wants to marry her for her money, she toys with them, but adds that she sincerely likes him. He likes Kay too, but when he overhears one of the men say that she bet him she would have Alan eating out of her hand by midnight, he thinks she is trying to make a fool out of him and spanks her like a bad child. The spanking makes her determined to prove that she is worth something by taking a job as a secretary in her father’s law firm. When Alan accuses her of failing at the job, she quits in anger. Alan apologizes, explaining that he loves her and they announce their engagement at a party. Linda, Jack’s sister, plots to break up their engagement so that Jack can step in and marry Kay for her money. Linda makes it seem as if Alan was in her room that evening, and Kay believes the worst. Alan is so hurt by this that he resigns from the law firm. Then Kay learns that Alan was framed and plans a way to get back at Jack. She agrees to marry him, making sure that Alan knows what she is doing. Alan rushes after her to prevent the marriage, but at the last minute, Kay refuses to marry Jack and announces that she wants to marry Alan. More on Wikipedia
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