A writer bets a publisher friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The publisher takes the bet, and gives him the "only key" to his Baldpate Inn, which has been closed for the winter, so he can write in complete seclusion. Things start heating up, though, when a succession of people who also have keys to the inn begin showing up.
George M. Cohan
as George Washington Magee
Anna Q. Nilsson
as Mary Norton
Hedda Hopper
as Myra Thornhill (as Elda Furry)
Corene Uzzell
as Mrs. Rhodes
Joseph W. Smiley
as Mayor Cargan
Armand Cortes
as Lou Max
Warren Cook
as Thomas Hayden (as C. Warren Cook)
Purnell Pratt
as John Bland
Frank Losee
as Hall Bentley
Eric Hudson
as Peter the Hermit
Carleton Macy
as Police Chief Kennedy
Paul Everton
as Langdon
