Project Gutenberg 2006-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 287 Hope, Laura Lee The Moving Picture Girls; Or, First Appearances in Photo Dramas Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, Cori Samuel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Moving Picture Girls; Or, First Appearances in Photo Dramas" by Laura Lee Hope is a novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the DeVere sisters, Alice and Ruth, who are navigating the challenges of life in New York City while their father, a struggling actor, faces professional hardships that lead him to consider a career change into the burgeoning field of moving pictures. The opening of the novel paints a vivid picture of the sisters' dynamic, with Alice's lively spirit contrasting against Ruth's more serious disposition. As they discuss their finances and their father's new acting engagement, a chaotic incident occurs in their apartment that sets their precarious situation in motion. The narrative highlights themes of resilience and adaptability as the family encounters financial strain and realizes their need to embrace new opportunities, even in the unfamiliar world of film. Alice's determination to help her father find work in the movies underlines her growth and resourcefulness, setting the stage for potential adventures ahead in the film industry. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Girls -- Juvenile fiction Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Children's Book Series Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction Category: Novels Category: American Literature 288780 2025-06-08T08:37:50.333558 text/html 313043 2006-09-04T08:03:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 220970 2006-09-04T08:03:50 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 316790 2025-06-08T08:37:59.645543 application/epub+zip 319792 2025-06-08T08:37:54.293558 application/epub+zip 172119 2025-06-08T08:37:52.852552 application/epub+zip 601921 2025-06-08T08:38:03.677484 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 575563 2025-06-08T08:37:58.680540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 414754 2022-09-09T08:05:30.397369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 265191 2025-06-08T08:37:49.399601 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 264905 2006-09-04T08:03:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 98114 2006-09-04T08:03:50 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 264896 2006-09-04T08:03:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 98091 2006-09-04T08:03:50 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20439 2025-06-08T08:38:03.827503 application/rdf+xml 24213 2025-06-08T08:37:53.440534 image/jpeg 4656 2025-06-08T08:37:53.148542 image/jpeg 313406 2025-06-08T08:37:50.361575 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia