This Was Hollywood

Forgotten Stars and Stories

Carla Valderrama

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Running Press
27 January 2021

Film, TV & Radio; Films, movies & cinema; Film theory & criticism; Fiction-related items; Popular culture; Media Reference; Filmography

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.

By: Carla Valderrama
Imprint: Running Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 184mm, Spine: 30mm
Weight: 790g
ISBN: 9780762495863
ISBN 10: 0762495863
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 27 January 2021
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Carla Valderrama is an author, Hollywood historian, and the creator of the Instagram accounts @thiswashollywood and @thiswasfashion. This Was Hollywood is her first book. She lives in Los Angeles, where she can be seen wearing heart-shaped sunglasses and heard laughing anywhere within a five-mile radius

Reviews for This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories

Carla Valderrama genuinely loves Hollywood history, as you can tell from every page of this book. Her enthusiasm is matched only by her determination to back up her stories with good, old-fashioned research. I learned a lot from This Was Hollywood and you will, too. --Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian