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When Julie Crawford leaves Fort Wayne, Indiana, for Hollywood, she never imagines she'll cross pathways with Carole Lombard, the stunning celebrity from Julie's provincial Midwestern hometown. But the young female has dreams of becoming a screenwriter, the one job Julie's in a position to find is one in the studio publicity office of the notoriously requiring company David O. Selznick - who is busy burning up through directors, authors, and money as he commences filming Vanished with the Wind flow. Although tensions run on top of the place, Julie detects she can step onto the trunk lot, ingest the smell of smoky gunpowder and the very soft rustle of hoop skirts, and have the sensational world ofVanished with the Wind flow come to life. Julie's usage of real-life magic comes when Carole Lombard hires her as an associate and invites her in to the glamorous world Carole shares with Clark Gable - who is about to transfer to movie history as the dashing Rhett Butler. Carole Lombard, happily profane and uninhibited, makes no key of her romance with Gable, which poses something of any problem for the studio as Gable is theoretically still wedded - and the last thing the film needs is more negative publicity. Julie is there to fight the overly wondering reporters, hoping to avoid details about the affair from sliding out. But she can barely match her blonde employer, let alone control what comes out of Carole's mouth area, and - as their friendship grows - soon detects she doesn't want to. Carole, both smart and funny, becomes Julie's model for breaking free of days gone by. Vivid, passionate, and filled with Old Hollywood details, A Touch of Stardust will entrance, surprise, and pleasure.
