A Touch of Stardust by Kate Alcott, 296 pagesJulie Crawford is a Midwestern girl who sets off for California to make it big in movies. But she has no interest in being a starlet; rather, she plans to be a screenwriter, despite the uphill battle she faces as a woman in the mostly-male world of 1930s Hollywood. Set during the filming of Gone With the Wind and featuring several of the actors and actresses who were involved in the movie (as well as Carole Lombard, who married Clark Gable during filming), A Touch of Stardust offers a wide-eyed look at the magic of movie-making, as well as a look beneath the surface to the misogynistic, racist, and anti-Semitic world in which these movies were made. A well-written, quick-reading book, perfect for fans of old Hollywood.
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