Project Gutenberg 2007-01-12 Public domain in the USA. 54 Hope, Laura Lee The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays Or, The Sham Battles at Oak Farm Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, J. P. W. Fraser, Emmy, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "The Moving Picture Girls in War Plays" by Laura Lee Hope is a novel written in the early 20th century. This installment follows the adventures of sisters Ruth and Alice DeVere, who are both aspiring actresses involved in the motion picture industry. As they prepare for filming war dramas at Oak Farm, they deal with the excitements and challenges of their profession, punctuated with a hint of mystery regarding other characters such as Estelle Brown, a newcomer to the cast. The opening of this story introduces us to Ruth and Alice as they pack for a trip to Oak Farm, discussing their preparations and quirks as they engage in playful banter. The story quickly shifts focus as Alice discovers a newspaper article about a missing girl, Mildred Passamore, which grabs the girls' attention only to be a report from several years prior. It establishes the backdrop of their lives as actresses in a busy film industry. Their father, Mr. DeVere, encourages them in their endeavors while they encounter various colleagues, hinting at underlying tensions with other cast members, particularly concerning the new actress, Estelle. The stage is set for a blend of light-hearted drama and the excitement of the filmmaking process, including potential threats from background characters that may complicate their narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Girls -- Juvenile fiction Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 294514 294351 2024-10-09T05:08:27.821139 2023-09-09T07:45:44.850940 text/html text/html 298984 2007-01-12T12:39:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 117600 2021-01-01T17:42:55 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 214238 2024-10-09T05:08:36.918083 application/epub+zip 215263 2024-10-09T05:08:31.625116 application/epub+zip 183128 2024-10-09T05:08:30.085121 application/epub+zip 464876 2024-10-09T05:08:40.750041 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 432504 2024-10-09T05:08:35.849091 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359682 2022-09-09T14:08:36.927055 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 263434 263322 2024-10-09T05:08:26.700127 2023-09-09T07:45:43.919945 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 263189 2021-01-01T17:42:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 97573 2021-01-01T17:42:55 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 263196 2021-01-01T17:42:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 97574 2021-01-01T17:42:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21673 2024-10-09T05:08:40.882045 application/rdf+xml 17138 2024-10-09T05:08:30.652121 image/jpeg 3935 2024-10-09T05:08:30.364094 image/jpeg 205511 2024-10-09T05:08:27.849129 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia