Tom Howard has married a widow. She keeps comparing him to her first husband, to Howard's cost. To make himself seem nobler, he has pal George Shelton burgle the place. However, another burglar is also trying to break in, to general confusion.
Howard rose to prominence in the stage and movie versions of the Joe Cook comedy RAIN OR SHINE, and you can see clearly his stage roots in his timing and lazy demeanor. He never broke out to become a major screen comic, but his shorts are funny. He worked on stage and in radio (his best known show was IT PAYS TO BE IGNORANT) after his last movie appearance in 1936. He died in 1955 at the age of 69.