The Skyrocket

Directed by Marshall Neilan

With Gladys Brockwell, Charles West, Muriel McCormac, Frank Coghlan Jr. and Peggy Hopkins Joyce

In the prologue Sharon Kimm and Mickey Reid are childhood friends in a tenement neighborhood but are separated when Sharon is placed in an orphanage. In the story we see Sharon as a young Hollywood star whose quick rise to fame leaves her self-centered, superficial, and a spendthrift. Ironically, the film that skyrocketed her to fame was written by Mickey. But her success is brief; and when it comes crashing to earth, Mickey is there to pick up the pieces.