Summary
In the bucolic, yet strangely conventional, Plum Centre, the indomitable Pop Tuttle orchestrates a dual dominion: he navigates the vital 'bus that meets all trains' and curates the town's singular cinematic haven. His picture show, a modest flickering portal to distant dreams, finds itself under relentless assault by the sanctimonious Purity League, who, with an almost evangelical fervor, denounce his establishment as a veritable 'den of vice,' threatening its very existence. Undeterred, Pop, a shrewd impresario with a profound understanding of human nature's susceptibility to spectacle, devises a stroke of theatrical brilliance. He strategically enlists a down-on-her-luck waitress, a woman whose aspirations far outstrip her current station, and meticulously molds her into a captivating 'special attraction.' Presenting her as nothing less than an anointed 'disciple of Hollywood,' an emissary from the glamorous, myth-making machine, Pop unleashes a torrent of insatiable public curiosity. Suddenly, the very townsfolk who once whispered their reservations, alongside the most vociferous of his moralistic adversaries, find themselves irresistibly drawn, flocking en masse to catch a glimpse of this manufactured star, a testament to the potent, often hypocritical, allure of manufactured celebrity and the enduring power of illusion.
Synopsis
Pop Turtle drives the "bus that meets all trains" at Plum Centre, and also runs the only picture show in town. The Purity League is determined to wipe out Pop Tuttle's "den of vice" but when he puts on a "special attraction" by rehearsing a jobless waitress and introduces her as a disciple of Hollywood, the townspeople and the reformers flock to get a glimpse of her.
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