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The Resource The girls in the picture, Melanie Benjamin
The girls in the picture, Melanie Benjamin
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The item The girls in the picture, Melanie Benjamin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.This item is available to borrow from all library branches.
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The item The girls in the picture, Melanie Benjamin represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library.
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- Summary
- A fascinating novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood's earliest female legends--screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator's Wife 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. With cameos from such notables as Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Rudolph Valentino, and Lillian Gish, The Girls in the Picture is, at its heart, a story of friendship and forgiveness. Melanie Benjamin perfectly captures the dawn of a glittering new era--its myths and icons, its possibilities and potential, and its seduction and heartbreak
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xix, 422 pages)
- Isbn
- 9781101886816
- Label
- The girls in the picture
- Title
- The girls in the picture
- Statement of responsibility
- Melanie Benjamin
- Subject
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- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- California -- Los Angeles | Hollywood
- Electronic books
- FICTION -- Biographical
- FICTION -- Historical | General
- FICTION -- Literary
- Female friendship
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- 1900-1999
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Marion, Frances, 1888-1973
- Marion, Frances, 1888-1973 -- Fiction
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Fiction
- Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979
- Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979 -- Fiction
- United States
- Women screenwriters
- Women screenwriters -- United States -- Fiction
- History
- Biographical fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- A fascinating novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood's earliest female legends--screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford--from the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth Avenue and The Aviator's Wife 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. With cameos from such notables as Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Rudolph Valentino, and Lillian Gish, The Girls in the Picture is, at its heart, a story of friendship and forgiveness. Melanie Benjamin perfectly captures the dawn of a glittering new era--its myths and icons, its possibilities and potential, and its seduction and heartbreak
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1962-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Benjamin, Melanie
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3608.A876
- LC item number
- G57 2018eb
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Pickford, Mary
- Marion, Frances
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Women screenwriters
- Female friendship
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.)
- FICTION
- FICTION
- FICTION
- Marion, Frances
- Pickford, Mary
- Female friendship
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Women screenwriters
- California
- United States
- Label
- The girls in the picture, Melanie Benjamin
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1019873869
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xix, 422 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781101886816
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- D693FDA6-7C3C-490A-936D-3DD6AC560289
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1019873869
- Label
- The girls in the picture, Melanie Benjamin
- Link
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1019873869
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xix, 422 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781101886816
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Stock number
- D693FDA6-7C3C-490A-936D-3DD6AC560289
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1019873869
Subject
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Biographical fiction
- California -- Los Angeles | Hollywood
- Electronic books
- FICTION -- Biographical
- FICTION -- Historical | General
- FICTION -- Literary
- Female friendship
- Female friendship -- Fiction
- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- Historical fiction
- 1900-1999
- Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Marion, Frances, 1888-1973
- Marion, Frances, 1888-1973 -- Fiction
- Motion picture actors and actresses
- Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Fiction
- Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979
- Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979 -- Fiction
- United States
- Women screenwriters
- Women screenwriters -- United States -- Fiction
- History
- Biographical fiction
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