Melvyn Douglas plays a composer who finds himself very popular when he has a hit on his hands and not only does he attract Ruth Hussey, but his hussey gold digging ex wife Ellen Drew, who decides to break up his relationship in order to win him back in the film Our Wife (1941). Her scheme is to fake a fall downstairs and pretend she is paralysed, but in this dramatic final scene when Melvyn rescues her from a house fire her scheme is finally found out. And there is only one thing to do with a misbehaving madam, and that is a good spanking - only thing is Ruth Hussey wants a go at spanking her too!