The Forgotten Flapper: A Novel of Olive Thomas First Edition

The Forgotten Flapper: A Novel of Olive Thomas

First Edition

Laini Giles (Writer)

Forgotten Actresses Series Book 1

A presence lurks in New York City’s New Amsterdam Theatre when the lights go down and the audience goes home. They say she’s the ghost of OLIVE THOMAS, one of the loveliest girls who ever lit up the Ziegfeld Follies and the silent screen. From her longtime home at the theater, Ollie’s ghost tells her story from her early life in Pittsburgh to her tragic death at twenty-five.

After winning a contest for “The Most Beautiful Girl in New York,” shop girl Ollie modeled for the most famous artists in New York, and then went on to become the toast of Broadway. When Hollywood beckoned, Ollie signed first with Triangle Pictures, and then with MYRON SELZNICK’s new production company, becoming most well known for her work as a “baby vamp,” the precursor to the flappers of the 1920s.

After a stormy courtship, she married playboy JACK PICKFORD, MARY PICKFORD’s wastrel brother. Together they developed a reputation for drinking, club-going, wrecking cars, and fighting, along with giving each other expensive make-up gifts. Ollie's mysterious death in Paris’ Ritz Hotel in 1920 was one of Hollywood’s first scandals, ensuring that her legend lived on.

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Product Details

First Published: 01/08/2015
Published By: Sepia Stories Publishing
Edition: First Edition
Status: Published
ISDN 10: B012BTP2VY (Paperback)
ISDN 13: 978-0994734907 (Paperback)
RRP: £15.93