Ruth Fielding and Her Great Scenario
Subtitle: or, Striving for the Motion Picture Prize
By: by Alice B. Emerson [pseudonym].
Series: Ruth Fielding #23
Publisher: Cupples & Leon Co.
Published: 1927
Place of publication: New York, NY
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
Subjects: Fielding, Ruth (Fictitious character) -- Juvenile fiction.; Motion picture industry -- Juvenile fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction
Description: Ruth's friends admonish her to enjoy her vacation, but Ruth continues to work on a new scenario.  Ruth has decided to enter a contest that is sponsored by a film magazine, and the prize is $50,000.  More importantly, Ruth feels that by entering the contest, she can see whether she can live up to her reputation.  Should Ruth win the prize, she would be established as a truly great scenario writer.

One day, Ruth and her friends become acquainted with Fred Orman, who is an out of work actor.  Orman lost his job because of Dean Hollister, and Hollister continues to make trouble for him.  Ruth promises to write Orman a letter of recommendation and hopes that Hollister will leave Orman alone.  To Ruth's dismay, Hollister continues to bother Orman and begins to harass Ruth as well.

Dean Hollister follows Ruth around and is unusually interested in Ruth's new scenario.  After several important scenes from her scenario disappear, Ruth realizes that Hollister is stealing ideas from her and may try to steal the rest of her scenario.  With Fred Orman's help, Ruth and her friends try to find a way to outsmart Dean Hollister and bring him to justice.