The Brat

It's not easy being a child star in Hollywood especially when you're beginning to suspect that you're gay. The Brat is set in the glittering golden age of Hollywood--the 1930s and early 1940s--and chronicles the life and times of two child actresses who just happen to be best friends.</p><P> Helen Payne is cool reserved and decidedly hetero. Her best pal is the spunky outspoken tomboyish moppet Millie Macon who reigns for a time as America's most beloved child star.</p><P> Both girls struggle to make sense of a world that seems intent on exploiting their talents for enormous profit while ignoring their emotional well-being. Yet together the girls maintain a friendship which serves to protect them from the slings and arrows of outrageous movie fortune.</p><P> If you're fascinated by Hollywood you will love <i>The Brat.</i></p>