02966cam a2200397 i 4500 1164645397 TxAuBib 20180201120000.0 161216s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016047423 9781101886809 hardcover; acid-free paper 1101886803 hardcover; acid-free paper (OCoLC)966436381 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCO OCLCF OCLCQ BDX YDX BTCTA ORX WYZ OCLCA T3D NZTPP OCLCO VTL TCH OCL JAI TXCHA IHX VP@ TxAuBib rda Benjamin, Melanie, author. The girls in the picture : a novel / Melanie Benjamin. First edition. New York : Delacorte Press, [2018] ©2018. xix, 422 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier It is 1914, and twenty-five-year-old Frances Marion has left her (second) husband and her Northern California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she is determined to live independently as an artist. But the word on everyone's lips these days is "flickers"--the silent moving pictures enthralling theatergoers. Turn any corner in this burgeoning town and you'll find made-up actors running around, as a movie camera captures it all. In this fledgling industry, Frances finds her true calling: writing stories for this wondrous new medium. She also makes the acquaintance of actress Mary Pickford, whose signature golden curls and lively spirit have given her the title of America's Sweetheart. The two ambitious young women hit it off instantly, their kinship fomented by their mutual fever to create, to move audiences to a frenzy, to start a revolution. But their ambitions are challenged both by the men around them and the limitations imposed on their gender--and their astronomical success could come at a price. As Mary, the world's highest paid and most beloved actress, struggles to live her life under the spotlight, she also wonders if it is possible to find love, even with the dashing actor Douglas Fairbanks. Frances, too, longs to share her life with someone. As in any good Hollywood story, dramas will play out, personalities will clash, and even the deepest friendships might be shattered. 20180201. Pickford, Mary 1892-1979 Fiction. Marion, Frances 1888-1973 Fiction. Motion picture actors and actresses United States Fiction. Women screenwriters United States Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif) History 20th century Fiction. Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. TXKIP