Moving Pictures: A novel of early Hollywood

Welcome to Los Angeles, it's 1916 and the film industry is booming. This once country town has hit the big time, its a rapidly growing metropolis and the seat of all movie-making. Enter Magda Santoya. A runaway to Los Angeles, she explores the big city with her cousin, Dolores, and it isn't long before the burgeoning film industry beckons, offering the young women a chance to live their own lives, unbeholden to any one else. A lucky break with the Chronicle Film Company leads to opportunity, riches, and stardom. Yet heartbreak and devastation are only a scandal away.