<P> Marla is patiently waiting for her screen test for Stella Starlight, a film project she has been promised . She and Lucy are frustrated by delays, compounded by the fact that they have yet to meet Hughes . Marla befriends fellow RKO starlet Mamie, whose ex-boyfriend, Richard Miskin, keeps trying to reconnect . Levar regularly reminds Frank that the starlets are not to have boyfriends, and the chauffeurs must avoid any friendships with the girls . Frank, like Marla, is devoutly religious, occasionally going home to Fresno to see his fiancée Sarah . He and Sarah have secretly had sex, which the two believe makes them effectively husband and wife already . </P> <P> When Lucy decides that they should return to Virginia, Marla sends Lucy away and continues waiting for her screen test . </P> <P> With her mother gone, Frank and Marla develop a deep connection . He lets her drive the car, shares his dreams, even tells her the full detail of his relationship with Sarah when Marla confides that she is a virgin . Marla eventually shares that she worries that she doesn't conform to the Hollywood "rules" of being a great singer (though she does write songs), or dancer, or having a big bosom . Frank tells her that the rules don't apply to her . </P> <P> Marla finally meets with Hughes in a private bungalow . She turns down his offer of a drink, as she has never had alcohol, then talks frankly with him about her aspirations to act . Hughes calls his executive secretary, Nadine, to set up Marla's screen test . Frank has his own first meeting with Hughes later that night, during which Hughes takes an immediate liking to him and brings Frank into his inner circle of staff . </P>

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