You for Me

You For Me casts Peter Lawford as a man that people seemingly think he's made of money because he has a lot of it. That's because he was left a whole lot of it by his late father from his fertilizer business. Peter has a lot of that as well. One of his father's charities was the local hospital where Gig Young toils at research when not doing surgery and Jane Greer works as a nurse, a profession she love though the pay stinks.

Lawford has need of the hospital when during a hunting trip he gets shot where his assets are at. A nice load of buckshot has him in surgery where he feels he's not getting his proper share of attention because of the money he gives them.

Of course that sets up the whole romantic triangle of this comedy with Jane Greer getting involved with both heir Lawford and Doctor Young. Guess who she winds up with?

Slight comedy from MGM's B picture unit with a few laughs. In the supporting cast note Kathryn Card as the head nurse who is not one to be trifled with, Howard Wendell who is the officious head of the hospital and butt kisser number one when he's after Lawford's money and Rita Corday who is Lawford's ex-wife and the source of some considerable cash flow problems.

Slick, fast-paced unfunny romantic comedy as rich Peter Lawford and research doctor Gig Young don't exactly romance Jane Greer, but more accurately bid on her for her affections. Young seems grouchy at being in the picture, Lawford tries to get through his lines as fast as possible and Jane Greer seems to just want to leave the scene.

Friendly, completely inconsequential second-biller from MGM has level-headed nurse Jane Greer assigned to get the annual hospital donation out of wealthy lothario Peter Lawford; after a rocky start, they warm towards each other, but it turns out doctor Gig Young likes Greer as well! Irrepressible comedy is fast and brief, which is a good thing because the plot is paper thin. There's an ornery nurse who gets laughs, and Young is amiable and sturdy, but Jane Greer is an odd one: she gets only a few funny lines and has to run around worried about everybody, but an innate sexiness does manage to shine through her stalwart appearance. ** from ****

"You for Me" is a very problematic film. While it's clearly a rom-com, it suffers from a fatal flaw....you just can't like anyone in the story!

The story begins with an irresponsible rich guy (Peter Lawford) getting shot in the butt in a hunting accident. Because Tony Brown (Peter Lawford) is so rich and important, the hospital drops everything to treat him--calling nurses and doctors in to perform an emergency operation....not that it was exactly life saving! One of the nurses, Katie (Jane Greer), is peeved that the patient is so spoiled and she tells him off...and soon she not only finds herself out of a job but the hospital out of an endowment from Tony. So, Katie spends much of the film kissing up to that playboy in order to get money from her for the hospital. And, it's not only her...everyone seems to have their hands out to Tony and even Katie's family exploits the guy. Dr. Chadwick (Gig Young) is not amused by all this and it's obvious he's smitten with Katie...as is Tony.

Dr. Chadwick is a grouch, Katie and her family are users, Tony is an irresponsible jerk and, well, pretty much everyone you see in the film is nasty--either wanting Tony's money or acting grouchy for little reason. After a while, it felt like a chore trying to stick with this one....and it's a shame as the film does have an excellent cast. The problem is the script.

Though a B film, shot in studio sets and the back lot, superior writing and performances from the leads provide a very pleasant time. The story, though pretty predictable, is flawlessly constructed, the dialog witty. Greer, Young, and Lawford give flawless light comedy performances with occasional dramatic moments.

It's a shame that Greer didn't have a more robust film acting career, because she's such a good actress, always natural and believable, and handles the verbal give and take perfectly.

The film has no film composing credits, but the sprited, sprightly music under the opening credits is "Confetti" by Bronislau Kaper, probably written for another movie, which had some life beyond the films, as did some of his other movie theme music.