A tomboy turned movie star deals with the cruelty of Hollywood.

Daisy Clover is a 15-year-old tomboy who dreams of being a Hollywood star. After auditioning for producer Raymond Swan of Swan studios, she becomes the toast of Hollywood. Daisy must then come to terms with her newfound fame and the 1930s Hollywood star treatment.—Kelly

In 1936, Daisy Clover is a tough-talking, chain-smoking, sherry-drinking 15-year-old tomboy, who lives in a trailer on the Angel Beach, California, boardwalk with her eccentric mother, and who dreams of making it big as a singing star. Daisy's wish comes true when after sending in a recording of herself, she is discovered by movie studio owner and movie producer Raymond Swan. Raymond's plans are to market Daisy as the wholesome "Valentine," complete with a back story to match that persona, that story which may not be completely true. Daisy's mother does not fit into that story. With the help of Daisy's social-climbing older sister, Gloria Goslett, Raymond arranges for Mrs. Clover to be committed, for Daisy not to see her; as to the movie-going public, her mother died the previous year. The more that Raymond controls Daisy's life, the more Daisy feels the need to confide in a kindred soul within the movie studio, namely a young actor with the stage name Wade Lewis, whose life is also being controlled by the studio (he being marketed as a heartthrob). When life as the movie studio-controlled star becomes too much for Daisy to handle, she has to figure out a way to regain control of her life.—Huggo

A Hollywood story of a teenager who achieves screen success at age 15 - and becomes a has-been at 17. The action takes place during the 1930s at the height of the star system, when the star was in every way "Studio Property." Daisy Clover is the beach gamin whose meteoric rise to stardom and even faster fade-out is chronicled in an incisive behind-the-scenes tour of vintage Hollywood.—alfiehitchie