The Forgotten Flapper: A Novel of Olive Thomas - Hardcoverby Laini Giles (Author) A presence lurks in New York City's New Amsterdam Theatre when the lights go down and the audience goes home. They say she's the ghost of Olive Thomas, one of the loveliest girls who ever lit up the Ziegfeld Follies and the silent screen. From her longtime home at the theater, Ollie's ghost tells her story from her early life in Pittsburgh to her tragic death at twenty five. After winning a contest for "The Most Beautiful Girl