"The Moving Picture Girls" are the adventures of Ruth, age 17, and Alice DeVere, age 15, two young girls who live with their father, a widower and theater actor. In their third book, "The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound," an unscrupulous man accuses Mr. DeVere of owing him $500. Mr. DeVere had paid him back, but didn't get a receipt, and now cannot afford to pay the man another $500. How can they prove their father paid the man? The film company, meanwhile, departs for the northern woods for the filming of several winter plays. While at Elk Lodge, Alice and Ruth experience both danger and adventure. The girls are nearly attacked by a wildcat during the filming of one scene, and on an outing are trapped in an ice cave. The weather proves to be a hardship after a fierce snowstorm traps the group inside the lodge. * * * * Ruth and Alice eagerly anticipate warm weather and palm trees in Florida in "The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms," where they are to film a series of dramas. They also think of the possibility of reacquainting themselves with two girls from Florida whom they met briefly while traveling to Elk Lodge. During the voyage, the film company has its usual share of adventures when the ship catches on fire. After arriving in Florida, Ruth and Alice feel nervous after reading of two girls who recently went missing from Lake Kissimmee, the very place to where the film company will travel. * * * * This is what it was like when Hollywood was still a dream-in-the-making, every stunt was performed live in front of a camera without computer-graphics, and there was no sound track! * * * * "The Moving Picture Girls" is one of the many juvenile series written in the early 20th Century by the Stratemeyer Syndicate. * * * * "The Moving Picture Girls Snowbound" and "The Moving Picture Girls Under the Palms" were published in 1914. This volume includes the original frontispiece illustrations. * * * * Check out the other Laura Lee Hope children's and juvenile books published by Flying Chipmunk Publishing!