This is another fictionalized book about real people by Ms Benjamin (who wrote “The Swans of Fifth Avenue”) – and it’s an intriguing read! I’m sure we all have the basic knowledge of Mary Pickford who was America’s sweetheart, the “girl with the curls” who married Douglas Fairbanks Sr. and lived the glamorous star life. What I didn’t know is that there was another woman from that era who was also forging a path for herself in a man’s world – Frances Marion, a writer […]
A story of two Hollywood legends
The Girls in the Picture by Melanie Benjamin