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A fascinating novel of the a friendly relationship and creative collaboration between two of Hollywood's earliest woman legends - screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford - from the New York Times best-selling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator's Better half It really is 1914, and 25-year-old Frances Marion has kept her (second) spouse and her North California home for the lure of Los Angeles, where she actually is determined to live separately as an artist. But the term on everyone's mouth nowadays is "flickers" - the silent moving pictures enthralling theatergoers. Switch any spot in this burgeoning town and you'll find made-up celebrities playing around, as a movie camera captures it all. On this fledgling industry, Frances confirms her true getting in touch with: writing stories because of this wondrous new medium. She also makes the acquaintance of celebrity Mary Pickford, whose personal gold curls and exciting spirit have earned her the subject "America's Sweetheart". The two ambitious young women struck it off instantly, their kinship fomented by their common fever to set-up, to move viewers to a frenzy, to start out a revolution. But their ambitions are challenged by both men around them and the limits imposed on their gender - and their astronomical success could come at a price. As Mary, the world's highest paid & most beloved actress, challenges to live her life under the spotlight, she also wonders if it is possible to find love, despite having the dashing actor Douglas Fairbanks. Frances, too, longs to share her life with someone. As in virtually any good Hollywood story, dramas will play out, personalities will clash, and even the deepest friendships might be shattered. With cameos from such notables as Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Rudolph Valentino, and Lillian Gish, The Young girls in the Picture is, at its center, a story of a friendly relationship and forgiveness. Melanie Benjamin perfectly captures the dawn of the glittering new era - its common myths and symbols, its prospects and potential, and its own seduction and heartbreak.
