num_pages: 240
description: In this one-of-a-kind Hollywood history Carla Valderrama -- 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 movies' biggest 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 93 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.
language: English
title: This Was Hollywood: Forgotten Stars and Stories
publisher: Running Press Adult