Allen Feinstein is writing a musical, FEARLESS FRANCINE AND THE DEVIL OF THE WEST, about the early days of silent movies: 1907, New York City—A prodigy concert pianist and her grandmother escape their torment in Russia, and find a home at a small vaudeville theater in New York as the silent film era begins and a new era in the entertainment business begins with it.  Directors invent the language of film, vaudevillians become movie stars, and musicians bring the movies to life.  A new musical, FEARLESS FRANCINE AND THE DEVIL OF THE WEST, explores the world of a community of artists and entrepreneurs that helped film evolve from a curiosity to a cultural force.