Kendel was spending summer vacation in Los Angeles, with a bit part in a major studio movie. It sounded like a dream come true for a small-town boy, especially when the movie also featured Flora Greene, the pretty, vivacious rising movie star expected to carry the movie to success.Unexpectedly, a problem with the new technology of the movie's production led to a surprising chance for Kendel to meet Flora in person. And then the problem led to an extraordinary...