Billy Mahan

In the Salinas Valley in and around World War I, Cal Trask feels he must compete against overwhelming odds with his brother for the love of their father. Cal is frustrated at every turn, from his reaction to the war, how to get ahead in business and in life, and how to relate to his estranged mother.

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.

Excitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.

A trio of cowboys infiltrate a cattle rustler's gang to seek vengeance for one of their fathers' murder.

Jones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than becoming a pilot, until the son's piloting skills come in handy.

The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.

The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase business they advertise for families with children and pets. A neighbor threatens to sue.

Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.