Reading Time
4 hrs 23 mins
How long to read This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories (Turner Classic Movies)?
The estimated word count of This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories (Turner Classic Movies) is 65,565 words.
A person reading at the average speed of 250 words/min, will finish the book in 4 hrs 23 mins. At a slower speed of 150 words/min, they will finish it in 7 hrs 18 mins. At a faster speed of 450 words/min, they will finish it in 2 hrs 26 mins.
| This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories (Turner Classic Movies) - 65,565 words | ||
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| Reading Speed | Time to Read | |
| Slow | 150 words/min | 7 hrs 18 mins |
| Average | 250 words/min | 4 hrs 23 mins |
| Fast | 450 words/min | 2 hrs 26 mins |
- Authors
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Carla Valderrama
More about This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories
65,565 words
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for This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories (Turner Classic Movies)
7 hours and 3 minutes
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Description
In this one-of-a-kind Hollywood history, the creator of Instagram's celebrated @ThisWasHollywood reveals the forgotten past of the film world in a dazzling visual package modeled on the classic fan magazines of yesteryear.From former screen legends who have faded into obscurity to new revelations about the biggest movie stars, Valderrama unearths the most fascinating little-known tales from the birth of Hollywood through its Golden Age.The shocking fate of the world's first movie star. Clark Gable's secret love child. The film that nearly ended Paul Newman's career. A former child star who, at ninety-three, reveals her #metoo story for the first time. Valderrama unfolds these stories, and many more, in a volume that is by turns riveting, maddening, hilarious, and shocking.Drawing on new interviews, archival research, and an exhaustive library of photographs, This Was Hollywood is a compelling and visually stunning catalogue of the lost history of the movies.