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psteve's review
3.0
A Hollywod screenwriter becomes involved with a woman working the switchboard at the studio and with some others takes some steps to make her a star. He becomes involved with her (and her sister) as does one of his partners. When she is murdered, a cop makes it his life's work to prove that our man did it. The book seemed a bit strange to me in the pacing, and in some of the motivations -- the sister seems to get over the murder quickly.
I haven't seen the Victor Mature/Betty Grable movie. But it's interesting that the movie was made in 1941, and the book carries a 1960 copyright. There are many references in the book to things that are out of time for 1941, such as the movie Exodus, but at the same time the plot and milieu are very 1941. The author must have passed the book through the typewriter, or adapted it from the screenplay in 1960.
I haven't seen the Victor Mature/Betty Grable movie. But it's interesting that the movie was made in 1941, and the book carries a 1960 copyright. There are many references in the book to things that are out of time for 1941, such as the movie Exodus, but at the same time the plot and milieu are very 1941. The author must have passed the book through the typewriter, or adapted it from the screenplay in 1960.
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