Lesser comedy-drama by the team of George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber, who would have much greater successes with STAGE DOOR, THE ROYAL FAMILY, and DINNER AT EIGHT. The plot, based on Ferber's short story "Old Man Minick," is about an older fellow who comes to live with his son and daughter-in-law and proves to be a terrible disruption in their lives. There are funny scenes and poignant ones, but the play waffles between making the old guy the protagonist or the antagonist, and no one comes off as terribly pleasant. It is amusing at best. ( )