Youthful Romances #14

When a chance meeting between drummer Ben Hale and temperamental pianist Eric Kiel turns into a rivalry over the charming Doris Meade from the record library, petty sabotage threatens to derail a New York television studio's broadcasts. As Don Cornell narrates the tangled story, Ben's jealousy spirals into increasingly serious pranks—disconnecting broadcast wires, stealing sheet music—putting his blossoming romance with Doris in jeopardy. When Doris discovers the truth, she and Don must confront Ben and uncover what he's really planning before he strikes again.

When Joe faces deployment overseas, he and his sweetheart Elaine decide to elope rather than wait for her disapproving parents' blessing—but Sheriff Keen of Millwood intercepts them at the altar. The lawman shares a painful lesson from his own past about denying young love in wartime, forcing Elaine's parents to reckon with what matters most when time is uncertain.

When a young woman named Jill wins a local beauty contest, a charming magazine illustrator named Jon Whitmore offers her a shot at modeling fame—but what begins as a dream of stardom quickly reveals itself as an expensive con designed to drain hopeful girls of their savings. As Jill gets caught deeper in the racket, her loyalty to her boyfriend Mike becomes the only thing that can help expose the truth and dismantle the scheme from within.