When tailor Marvin Gottschalk abandoned New York City for the brash boomtown of silent-film-era Hollywood, he never imagined he\'d end up on screen as Martin Brentwood, one of the fledgling film industry\'s most popular actors.
A chance encounter leads him to the film studio.
Robbie fled Idaho after a run-in with the law.
Then he meets Robbie Goodman.
Five years later a cynical Martin despairs of finding anything genuine in a town where truth is defined by studio politics and publicity.
When tailor Marvin Gottschalk abandoned New York City for the brash boomtown of silent-film-era Hollywood, he never imagined he\'d end up on screen as Martin Brentwood, one of the fledgling film industry\'s most popular actors