Moving Pictures: A Novel of Early Hollywood

Welcome to Los Angeles, it's 1916 and the film industry is booming. Just a few years earlier, the city was a country town. Now, its a rapidly growing metropolis and the seat of all movie making. Enter Magda Santoya. Having run away to Los Angeles, she explores the big city with her cousin, Dolores. The burgeoning film industry offers the young women something to aspire to--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 heartbeat away. Moving Pictures is a fictional memoir about the tumult of Hollywood when there were no rules other than making as many pictures as possible. Follow Magda's rising star as she tells her story in Moving Pictures.