Party Wire is a quaint mixture of comedy and drama as small town gossip plays havoc with an innocent girl's life through a misunderstanding when her father exchanges a questionable phone conversation with her boyfriend. The boyfriend says he's leaving town, while the father threatens him with a gun and tells him he has to "straighten out the mess you left my daughter in." Naturally, the town gossips jump to the wrong conclusion and all hell breaks loose.
Heir to a dairy farm in a small farming community, Matthew Putnam (Victor Jory) returns home to care for his ailing aunt and is surprised to see how childhood friend Marge Oliver (Jean Arthur) has grown ("up and out", as they say). Jealous of Matt's wealth and success, Marge's boyfriend Roy goes to New York to make his career. When Marge has difficulties with Roy's accounting work, Matt (no, no, not Matt - the father phones. See above.) telephones him and demands he return, unaware that the town gossips are listening in on the party line and misinterpreting everything.
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