 In this updated version of of the 1938 MGM classic screwball comedy MERRILY WE LIVE, Wade Rawlins is a society page journalist writing under an alias with no life of his own. His editor sends him to the English countryside for some peace and quiet to restore his energy and creativity. Instead, through a series of hilarious events, Wade is stripped of his own identity and winds up at the centuries old sheep farm of the eccentric Kilburn family. Mistaking him for a charity case, the eccentric Lady Kilburn takes him in. Seeing a possibility for inspiration, Wade stays on and soon falls head over heels in love with the fiery eldest daughter, Gerry. Learning the land-rich cash-poor Kilburn s are being forced to put their beloved family home up for auction, he finds himself in the unique position to showcase Gerry s unconventional artistic talent, which in turn allows her to save her family from ruin.