gary cooper and in a thinly veiled characterization of f. scott fitzgerald and be a writer live with a socialite wife in new york city and do quite well on the party circuit . but he lose his muse and literally have to move back to his family ancestral home in connecticut where the rent be free . while there he get involve with some polish immigrant who have buy a lot of acreage in the nutmeg state for tobacco growing and farmer jean hersholt want some of cooper land . need the cash and cooper agrees . he find the people there fascinate in an sociological sort of way . and he find hersholt daughter anna sten far more intriguing . the wedding night be suppose to be the launching of a new sam goldwyn discovery in anna sten . but for some reason she do not catch on with the public though she do give a fine performance . there a lengthy list of speculative reason why she never catch on and some have be mention by other reviewer . however the best performance in the film be helen vinson a cooper wife . she start off give the impression she a flighty airhead and but actually that not the case . vinson usually be play the other woman in her film career and here she reverse type a the wronged wife . you do feel sorry for her and she do nothing to deserve cooper infidelity . for those who be curious about anna sten a she become something of a symbol a to how not to showcase a talent and the wedding night might be worth a look .