Octogenarian farmer Lionel Barrymore lives and works on a farm that's been in his family for generations, sharing his accommodations with a pack of meddling, ineffectual relatives ... Beulah Bondi, Grant Mitchell and Aileen Carlyle ... and hard drinking farmhand Stuart Erwin. His granddaughter Miriam Hopkins comes for a visit, wanting to get away from New York after a recent divorce.
Hopkins and Barrymore bond almost instantly, and she comes to love life on the farm. She also comes to love Barrymore's neighbor Franchot Tone, and he reciprocates even though he's married to Irene Hervey, a really nice lady that he's unfortunately not in love with. They don't really hide their feelings, causing scandal in town and leading Bondi to not-so-subtly suggest that perhaps Hopkins should leave now. Matters hit a head when Barrymore is taken ill, seeming to lose his grip on reality. The relatives try to shove him in a home and Hopkins back to New York.
A really lovely light pre-code comedy/drama that despite really good performances from Hopkins and Tone is just Barrymore's film. He totally dominates the film with his huge beard and acerbic folksy wit. It quite refreshingly depicts Hopkins and Tone as in love without depicting Harvey as anything other than a genuinely caring person.