Set in the Hollywood of the thirties, screen legend Natalie Wood (West Side Story, Rebel Without a Cause) stars in a behind-the-scenes epic, the story of the effects of the Hollywood dream machine on a spirited young singer and actress from the time of her discovery at age 15 through her triumphs and defeats. Also starring screen legend Robert Redford (Up Close and Personal, Indecent Proposal), real-life grown-up teen star Roddy McDowall (Lassie, Come Home, Planet of the Apes series), Christopher Plummer (The Sound of Music, Somewhere in Time) and Ruth Gordon (Harold and Maude, Rosemary''s Baby), who garnered an Oscar nomination for her performance.