Title: The rise and fall of the matinee idol
Subtitle: past deities of stage and screen, their roles, their magic and their worshippers
Subjects: Fiction, thrillers, general
Places: London, Paris, Hollywood, New York City
People: Lily Elsie, Gerald du Maurier, Lillian Gish, Ivor Novello, Charles Wyndham, George Alexander, Ethyl Barrymore, John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Rudolph Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks, Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe