The Forgotten Flapper, Laini Giles
The Forgotten Flapper, Laini Giles
List: $15.00 | Sale: $10.50
Club: $7.50

The Forgotten Flapper
A Novel of Olive Thomas

Author: Laini Giles

Narrator: Jen Taylor

Unabridged: 9 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/06/2019

Synopsis

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,” shopgirl 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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Colleen

Historical fiction I think is a tough to get right. There's got to be the hook to get the story going, especially in the case of first person narrators. You have to get the background details correct but not let that overwhelm the story or take an artificial main stage, which a lot fall prey to--and......more

Goodreads review by Martin

Disclaimer: I was given a copy of this novel for review purposes. As both a reader and writer of novels set in and around early and classic Hollywood, I'm always interested to see how someone handles that era. Olive Thomas was a well-known star of silent era Hollywood whose fame has (undeservedly) lo......more

Goodreads review by Douglas

I love to read, hear and watch stories of old Hollywood! I do watch silent films sometimes too and I enjoy them. THE FORGOTTEN FLAPPER by Laihi Giles is based on the true story of silent film actress Olive Thomas. Not too many people remember her and if they do they know two things: 1.) she was marri......more

Goodreads review by Carol

A first person account from the ghost of Olive Thomas The Forgotten Flapper reads like a novel, but is the mostly true story of a girl's rise from humble beginnings to a Zeigfield girl to a movie star. Olive made choices that brought her fame, marriage to Jack Pickford, and a lot of unhappiness befor......more

Add to Cart
Add to Wish List