Gloria Neal wanted to make it big. And she needed to go to the big city to do that. She was heading to Hollywood. Her father thought she was crazy. He told her to settle down, marry a nice boy from their small town. But that wasn't enough for the young woman. She didn't want to do what the other girls did back there. She wanted more.<br/><br/>Gloria had always loved to act. Her mother had saw her love of acting at a young age. Gloria would spend hours with her dolls, acting out movie scenes. At school, she get all the kids together, and they would act out famous scenes. Gloria always ended up being the star of those games. A teacher had told Mrs Neal that Gloria should try out for the local theater during the summer. Those summer days, acting in front of an audience and with more experienced actors, was the best days of her life. In high school, she was in every play.<br/><br/>Her father encouraged it, he thought it would be a fun hobby for her. When he realized that Gloria wanted to make a career out of it, that's when he started to disapprove. You had to move to make it and lots of young people from all over, wanted the same thing. It wasn't like a local theater or high school plays. It was a cutthroat world and he didn't want his daughter to leave home.<br/><br/>Eventually, Gloria was able to convince Mr Neal to let her go. Her mother was a big part of it. She made the promise to call everyday and to give it six months. After six months, she would come home and marry a nice boy if she didn't get anywhere with her dream.  Gloria knew Dad still didn't want her to go, but she was happy he was letting her live her dream. She was a determined young woman. She was going to make it.<br/><br/>Gloria stepped off the bus, with everything she brought with her in a suitcase. She was so excited to be here. Hollywood. A place where her dreams would come true. The bus stop was next near a movie theater. Gloria walked over to it to look at the movie posters.<br/><br/>"Some day, my face will be on one of these. With him as my co-star."<br/><br/>Gloria said to herself out loud as she stopped to look at one of the posters. On it was a beautiful woman with red hair. The male star was a handsome man with blond hair and blue eyes. His name was Martin Hayes and he was quickly becoming the man in Hollywood. Women wanted him and men wanted to be him. He was becoming very in demand, directors wanted Martin to be in their movies. It was becoming a guarantee that seats would be filled if Martin Hayes was in the picture. The only thing was, to get to be in a movie with Martin Hayes, you had to be in touch with his agent. His agent only worked with certain directors and all the female leads in his movies were all under contract with that agent.<br/><br/>To get her dream, Gloria Neal would need to meet with Rich Porter and convince him to take her on as a client.