Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for years and when he died, she was left to carry on and to raise his daughter from his first marriage. She lives with the daughter, her father-in-law and a housekeeper. In the town square, there was a statue of her late husband and every year since his death, they have an anniversary celebration there. This year during a thunderstorm, the statue is hit by lightning and the head falls off. The daughter insists that a new statue be erected instead of patching the old one. Mayor Crandall is sent to New York to interview the prospective sculptor, George Corday.
Irene Dunne
as Anne Crandall
Charles Boyer
as George Corday
Charles Coburn
as Jonathan Crandall Sr
Mona Freeman
as Diana Crandall
Jerome Courtland
as Gilbert Parker
Elizabeth Patterson
as Jessie
Charles Dingle
as Morton Buchanan
Brooks Benedict
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Virginia Brissac
as Townswoman (uncredited)
Bess Flowers
as Woman with Man in Leonardo's (uncredited)
Adele Jergens
as Gilda LaVerne (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
as Workman (uncredited)