My Own Romance#20(1952)

Secretary Nan falls for famous auto designer John, to the disappointment of her longtime admirer Bob, whom she only thinks of as a platonic friend. However, Nan discovers John is already engaged and considered her only a diversion. Nan understands that Bob is the right man for her after all.

Jane considers herself “plain” and thinks any boy who asks her for a date just feels sorry for her. She wishes she was as glamourous as movie star Gloria de Carlo. Gloria is an old friend of Jane’s mother and visits one day, but is much less beautiful than in the movies. Gloria says beauty comes from within and Jane resolves to try it. Soon she is going steady with Timmy, who’d always liked her before, but now she can accept it.

Nancy plans to marry football star Johnny when they graduate. However, his future is threatened when gambler Harry and “shameless” Mona try to blackmail him into fixing the big game. Johnny punches Harry and orders him and Mona out of town. Nancy and Bill were standing by to help Johnny, but he handled the situation himself.

Carol keeps house for her father, a physicist for the Atomic Energy Commission. She falls in love with Gregory, hired to help her father with some reports. They become engaged, but Carol finds herself falling for gardener Bob. Gregory is a spy who's after some secret documents, but Bob reveals himself to be a federal agent and arrests him. Bob says that his attraction to Carol was on the level, however.