Loud Red Patrick

A family council decides all issues. When Maggie wants to quit college to get married, he refuses permission so Maggie puts it before the family council where he loses

He repudiates the council and kicks Maggie's suitor out of the house. The four daughters declare war on father who finally surrenders to the marriage

A parallel plot finds the widower's old friend Finnegan, a woman hater who is fleeing alimony payments, sponging off the family

He complicates the situation in an already crowded household and adds a comic secondary love story when pursued by the housekeeper

"A human and hilarious ... comedy" ~ N.Y. Daily Mirror