Modern Screen (Dec 1949 - Nov 1950)

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Please Believe Me: Mark Stevens and Peter Lawford fight for Deborah Kerr's affections. (Jane Cowl and Henry O'Neill) who couldn't be nicer. Also dead young man's brother, John Lund. Barbara and John fall in love. But can she be happy living a lie? Nope. Especially since Lyle Bettger turns up in a blackmailing frame of mind, and tries to soak the rich, namely Barbara's benefactors. Now poor Jane Cowl has heart trouble, and when she hears Barbara sneaking off in the middle of the night, after having first loaded a gun, Jane up and dies from the excitement. She's followed in death by her faithful husband, not too many months later. Oh, I forgot to say. The night Barbara sneaked off with the gun, she killed Lyle Bettger. At least, she thought she did. Eventually it turns out somebody else did, so she and John can face the future together with free minds and easy consciences. The only thing they did wrong was to hasten those sweet old parents into early graves, and that's no crime as Paramount sees it. Jane Cowl's nice to watch, and, in fact, the acting's all very good. The story could be a whole lot better but you don't have to take it too seriously. PLEASE BELIEVE ME Cast: Deborah Kerr, Robert Walker, Mark Stevens, Peter Lawford Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Cute comedy concerning British Deborah Kerr, who's been left hundreds of acres in middle-western United States by an ancient cowboy. On the boat to the U.S. to claim her legacy, Deborah meets richest boy in the world, (Peter Lawford), richest boy's lawyer TMark Stevens) and fortune hunter Robert Walker. Stevens is along to protect Lawford from predatory women who are always taking him — Lawford — to the cleaners. He's still pretty filthy (rich, that is) and enjoying it. If a lovely lady wants to make him happy for a hundred thousand dollars or so, he's got it to spare. Well, all three boys — Stevens, Lawford, Walker — fall in love with Deborah, who herself falls in love with Stevens. Stevens loves her against his will, thinks she's after his client's money. Doesn't know she's an heiress herself. Some weeks and a mink coat later, Deborah discovers her western territory is wasteland, she's thousands in debt, she's no heiress, a gangster named dirty louie or big eddie or something (J. Carrol Naish) is out to kill Robert Walker (who borrowed money from him in order to romance Deborah). All very involved, but delightfully entertaining. So this is the Cocoanut Grove where Hollywood stars gather every night! Wonderful to be here, isn't it? And r there's June Allyson! As we pass her table let's sneak '^Qfl't |00f^ t\OW. . . a look' Slie won t care Slle knows that admiring glances measure a star's success. And she knows that the Woodbury Powder she wears (in flattering Natural) plays a big part in her loveliness! there's June Allyson June is one of the Hollywood stars who chose Woodbury Powder 6 to 1 in response to a recent survey* . A unique ingredient in Woodbury Powder gives the smoothest, satiny finish you've ever known! Magically warm, infinitely fine in texture, enchantingly fragrant, it clings for hours! 7 heavenly shades glorify every skin type. \H, 30(5, $1.00, plus tax. 17