Glamorous Romances #53
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeThis issue contains at least two stories, including "Fame Crazy," in which a young woman named Marly becomes involved in theatrical work after a man named Guy pursues her romantically. When Guy loses his job at a hardware store due to his focus on theatrical pursuits, Marly realizes she cannot bear to lose him and sacrifices her own theatrical ambitions by hiring unemployed actors to create artificial applause at his performances, ultimately enabling his success as an actor. Another story features a woman named Betty who confesses to lying about her feelings for a man named Dev, admitting she was never truly in love with him; she later encounters Dev at a night club and struggles with her conflicting emotions when he invites her out, ultimately deciding to go with him to a beach location they had previously visited together.
Wendy Schuyler has saved carefully for years to take a luxury cruise to South America, determined to marry a wealthy, socially prominent man and escape her orphan-home past. When she boards the ship and meets the handsome purser Thorpe Tully, she charmed him into seating her with desirable passengers—including the perfect prospect, the wealthy Hobart Ingram—but she notices Thorpe's quiet disapproval of her scheme. As the cruise unfolds and Hobart grows closer to proposing, Wendy finds herself unable to ignore her feelings for Thorpe, even as she clings to her plan for the life she believes she deserves.
Merlyn Romney and her fiancé Chuck Norris share a passion for ice-skating, but their dreams of a professional career clash with financial reality—until a chance meeting with accomplished skater Donald Yates offers both an unexpected opportunity. As Chuck pursues stardom in New York, Merlyn must navigate the demands of professional training, her growing partnership with Yates, and troubling changes in Chuck's commitment to their shared ambition.
Marly, an aspiring actress in 1951 Hollywood, has built her life around ambition and independence—until she falls in love with Dev Vanning, a newsreel cameraman who shares her drive but is equally determined never to be tied down by marriage or domestic life. As their complicated arrangement plays out over dinners and stolen moments, Marly finds herself torn between the carefree, selfish future she once wanted and the unexpected pull of genuine feeling for a man who refuses to change course. Written by the creators of "Which Way, My Heart?", this seven-page story explores how two people with identical dreams can still want entirely different things.
Betty's secret crush on Guy Lane from her small-town choir transforms into genuine love when she persuades him to audition for a New York radio program, and his beautiful voice wins him a shot at stardom. But as Guy's success builds—fueled by Betty's well-meaning interference—her deception threatens to unravel, forcing her to reckon with the cost of the lies she's told for love. Will Betty's scheme crumble before Guy learns the truth, and can their budding engagement survive what she's hidden from him?
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Reprinted in Love at First Sight #42 (1956), True Hearts #3
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