Synopsis/Details
Troy, a young and emotionally wounded divorcee, retreats for the summer to Indian Springs, her childhood home. With her best friend Lisa along for moral support, they soon experience a series of extraordinary events brought on by the sonic boom of an Air Force jet. Later, when Troy is alone, one phenomenon, in particular, causes Troy to travel back in time to 1931 Indian Springs.
Shocked to the core and at a complete loss as to what to do, Troy remembers her great-grandmother, Theda Thalberg, an ex-silent film star who lives in Hollywood. Having no choice, Troy heads to Tinsel Town to find her. Arriving in Hollywood, Troy makes up a story and is befriended by Theda, who knows star potential when she sees it. And Troy has it in spades. It doesn't take long for Troy to climb the ladder of success and shake up “Hollywoodland” in a major way.
One year later, Lisa, despite seeing very unusual happenings the night Troy disappeared, is certain Troy met with foul play. Troy's mother, Sandy, once a burgeoning star on the rise many years before, is now a Las Vegas lounge singer. And like Lisa, she is convinced the worst has happened to Troy. Having nearly given up on life, a lot of wine and the late-late show are Sandy's emotional crutches. But the late-late show on Turner Classic Movies is where an astonished Sandy sees Troy one night starring in a 1930s Busby Berkeley musical.
After some detective work of their own, Sandy and Lisa find a 98-year-old Troy alive and well, living in the Motion Picture Retirement Home. Elder Troy gives Lisa instructions on where to find her younger self in 1930s Hollywood. Soon after, via the same method of time travel, Lisa and Sandy arrive back in the 1930s to rescue Troy, only to discover she has a new name and no intention of giving up her glamorous and cushy 1930s movie star life, which has benefited immensely from the unwitting "theft" of the careers of two major stars of the era.
With prohibition on and Hollywood parties in full swing, Troy tries to tempt her mother and Lisa to stay. But a nosy gossip columnist is digging a little too deep. Now the future, not the past, is quickly catching up with the trio as the small window of opportunity to return to the future looms large.
Story & Logistics
Story Situation:
Ambition
Story Conclusion:
Ambiguous
Cast Size:
Many
Locations:
Few
Special Effects:
Significant cgi
Characters
Lead Role Ages:
Female Young Adult
Hero Type:
Gifted
Stock Character Types:
Girl next door
Advanced
Subgenre:
Time or Space Travel
Equality & Diversity:
Female Protagonist
Time Period:
Great Depression (1929 – World War II)
Time of Year:
Spring