Moviola is a novel of film history - a fictional narrative connecting true stories of movie lore. Ben Farber, age 92, reminisces as he reluctantly considers an offer to sell his studio to a New York-based conglomerate. During negotiations, Farber remembers Hollywood, because he saw it all from the beginning and made some of it happen: The gossip, the scandals, the dreams and the deals, the shoestring beginnings and the crazy golden days...Edison, the silent era, the sound era... The Fatty Arbuckle sex scandal; Chaplin, the comic genius; Greta Garbo's tragic romance; the casting of Scarlett O'Hara (and the literal war between the actresses of the day for the role!); the discovery of Marilyn Monroe and her mysterious death - and the trials, battles and backroom feuds behind some of the greatest films ever made. Garson Kanin acknowledged that Farber is a composite of the predominant studio executives from the inception of the movie business through its golden era, making it possible to maximise inclusion of historical fact within the framework of a novel.