The Apley family holds a long-standing place within Boston’s elite circles, and George (Ronald Colman), the patriarch, wants his children—his son Richard (Richard Ney) and daughter Eleanor (Peggy Cummins)—to uphold those traditions alongside his wife Catherine (Edna Best). However, these two young people have minds of their own and don't share their father’s view of what it means to fit in. What follows is a well-tim…