The granddaughter of a President of the United States, Lucy Chase Wayne discreetly campaigns to gain the presidential nomination for her beloved husband, Secretary of State Stephen Wayne. She tries to gain the support of rising Senator Gordon Keane, a victory that would be doubly sweet inasmuch as he is the protégé of her despised arch-rival, Irene Hibbard. Lucy becomes concerned when rumors reach her that Irene intends to divorce her boring Supreme Court Justice spouse, Carter, marry Keane, and try to get him elected President. She concocts a scheme to deceive Irene into believing that Carter will be her party's candidate in the upcoming election and force Irene to abort her own plans. Lucy convinces Lavinia Mae Creevey, the narrow-minded, provincial leader of an organization of five million women, to back Carter. To Lucy's horror, newspaper magnate Ellsworth T. Banning adds his support, and Carter is indeed offered the nomination. Lucy learns that Prince Boris Gregoravitch, Irene's ex-husband, is in Washington for negotiations. Learning something interesting from the prince, she has her husband invite the foreign envoy to the dinner in which Carter is to announce his acceptance of the nomination. Gregoravitch is delighted to see Irene and gives her some "good" news. On behalf of his country, he has reached an agreement with the United States in which both sides will recognize each other's laws. Once the treaty is signed, he and Irene will be considered divorced by the American legal system. Until then however, Irene is technically a bigamist. Lucy blackmails Irene into getting Carter to decline the nomination, leaving the way free for her husband.
of The New York Times wrote that the film had "a number of superb minor performances," but "was still a talkative piece which only crosses the threshold of one drawing room to pull up before the fireplace of another. But the talk is good, if small; and if small, at least it stings." Variety called it "amusing, if somewhat chatty" with an "excellent cast, good direction and tasteful production". Harrison's Reports found the film "extremely well acted" and "good entertainment for high-class audiences", but thought that some of the subtle comedy "may go over the head of the ordinary picture-goer." John Mosher of The New Yorker called the film "lively" and was "delighted" by several of the performances. According to Warner Bros records the film only earned $322,000 in the US and Canada and $102,000 elsewhere.
