Get ready for a real page turner. The year is 1924. Corsets are out. Freedom is in. Movies are silent and Hollywood is shaping American culture. From coast to coast young girls like Heather Smith dream of becoming a movie star. One day two men shooting a western film near San Angelo, Texas, come to Miss Pearl's Parlor for some fun. Is this Heather's chance to make her dream come true?
Wyatt Earp, Louise Brooks, Fatty Arbuckle, Mae West, Charlie Chaplin, Pickfair, Ziegfeld, Barbara Stanwyck... their stories will astound you. Diamond reminds us that when we remove the glitzy glamour, smoke and mirrors it is our human nature that makes us all the same.