Hollywood, 1934. Underdog heroine Frankie Ray runs away from home to test her conviction that a girl who lacks glamour but has talent and an enterprising attitude can make it in the movies. But when A dissolute, womanizing matinee idol turns up dead on her sofa, her career hopes shatter and Frankie stands accused of murder. How will a schoolmarm turned Hollywood hopeful ever find a way to win out against the press, the police, and the movie-going public, all working to steamroll her into the electric chair? By using every acting trick she knows.
