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January 2018
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Swans of Fifth
Avenue and The Aviator’s Wife, a “rich exploration of two Hollywood
friends who shaped the movies” (USA Today)—screenwriter Frances
Marion and superstar Mary Pickford “Full of Old Hollywood glamour and true details about the pair’s historic
careers . . . a captivating ode to a legendary bond.”—Real Simple NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLE 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 earned her the title “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 by both 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 brilliantly
captures the dawn of a glittering new era—its myths and icons, its
possibilities and potential, and its seduction and heartbreak.
“A boffo production . . . Inspiration is a rare and unexpected gift in a
book filled with the fluff of Hollywood, but Benjamin provides it with
The Girls in the Picture.”—NPR “Profoundly resonant, The Girls in the Picture is at its core, an
empowering and fascinating tale of sisterhood.”—Bryce Dallas Howard
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