02882cam a2200589 i 4500 501003354 TxAuBib 20210429120000.0 171130s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017057282 9781683247012 hardcover : alk. paper 1683247019 hardcover : alk. paper TxAuBib rda Benjamin, Melanie. The girls in the picture / Melanie Benjamin. Center Point Large Print edition. Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2018. 551 pages (large print) ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published: Delacorte Press. "A novel of the friendship and creative partnership between two of Hollywood's earliest female legends--screenwriter Frances Marion and superstar Mary Pickford"-- Provided by publisher. 1914, Los Angeles. Turn any corner in this burgeoning town and you'll find actors running around as a movie camera captures it all. Frances Marion has left her husband to be an artist, but finds her true calling writing stories for this wondrous new medium. She 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, but their ambitions are challenged both by the men around them and the limitations imposed on their gender. 20210429. Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979 Fiction. Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979 Fiction. Marion, Frances, 1888-1973 Fiction. Marion, Frances, 1888-1973 Fiction. Marion, Frances, 1888-1973. Pickford, Mary, 1892-1979. 1900-1999. Motion picture actors and actresses United States Fiction. Motion picture actors and actresses United States Fiction. Women screenwriters United States Fiction. Women screenwriters United States Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Female friendship. Large type books. Motion picture actors and actresses. Women screenwriters. Historical fiction. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) History 20th century Fiction. Hollywood (Los Angeles, Calif.) History 20th century Fiction. California Los Angeles Hollywood. United States. Large type books. Biographical fiction. Fiction. Historical fiction. History.