Aunt Jane's Nieces out West

by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

"Aunt Jane's Nieces Out West" by L. Frank Baum is a novel published in 1914. When Beth and Patsy accidentally become film extras in Hollywood, they're appalled by the crude state of cinema. But a visionary filmmaker convinces them that movies can educate and inspire. The cousins launch their own studio to create wholesome children's films, befriending starlet sisters and a mysterious man named A. Jones. When a jewel inspector accuses Jones of being an international thief, the family must prove his innocence before he's extradited.