It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Pierre Batcheff and Stardom in 1920s French Cinema by Phil Powrie
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This book is the first major study of a French silent cinema star. It focuses on Pierre Batcheff, a prominent popular cinema star in the 1920s, the French Valentino, best-known to modern audiences for his role as the protagonist of the avant-garde film classic Un chien andalou. Unlike other stars, he was linked to intellectual circles, especially the Surrealists. The book places Batcheff in the context of 1920s popular cinema, with specific reference to male stars of the period. It analyses the tensions he exemplifies between the 'popular' and the 'intellectual' during the 1920s, as cinema -...
Pierre Batcheff and Stardom in 1920s French Cinema by Phil Powrie is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.
This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Pierre Batcheff and Stardom in 1920s French Cinema aloud.
Pierre Batcheff and Stardom in 1920s French Cinema is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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