Gabie Grammer

Eddie Brandon Cruz) thinks he's in love with a girl named Elsie (Gabie Grammer), and invites her to his birthday party as a non-obvious way to get to know her better. Elsie turns out to be a tall, rather plain-looking girl, but Eddie only has eyes for her until one of the boys brings a friend named Margaret (Lori Specter)--tiny, cute and suddenly very interested in Eddie. Not quite aware what's happening, Eddie nevertheless makes an important decision in the matter of love, and makes his father very proud.

When Eddie's girlfriend Elsie learns she's an adopted child, she plants in Eddie's mind the suspicion that he is, too. Elsie finds the adoption papers when she pries open a locked box in her father's desk. She persuades Eddie that if he opens a similar box in Tom Corbett's desk, he'll make a similar discovery. Eddie is discovered opening the box. Tom shows him the contents, Eddie's birth certificate, a marriage license and things of special meaning to Tom.

Eddie is chosen to play the prince in his school play but gets "cold feet" after he learns the part demands he kiss his co-star, Elsie, on the lips. Kids at school call him "lover lips," and he quits the play only to have Tom insist he live up to his commitment. Eddie attempts to get a cold by standing dripping wet in the wind, but Mrs. Livingston intercedes. In the end, Eddie goes on with the show and manages, between sneezes, to manfully perform the big kiss scene.