Dear Reader #201

Dear Reader,

A week ago, we published the eBook version of Tula, book one in the Golden Age of Hollywood. It’s been an eventful week. Tula is currently #12 on Amazon’s genre charts while Sunshine, book two in the series and scheduled for publication next April, is #6. Once published, Amazon does not count Tula’s pre-orders in its chart positions, hence the discrepancy of book two being ahead of book one.

We have three translations in production: Afrikaans, Portuguese and Spanish, with more planned. We also have the audiobook version in production and the print version due next week, ready for sale and distribution to the main libraries in Wales, Ireland, England and Scotland, including the Bodleian Library.

So far, most of the sales have been in America, followed by Canada and Britain. This we anticipated. We are hoping to increase sales in other countries as we progress.

Clara Bow’s fortieth movie was Rough House Rosie, produced between January 24 and March 11, 1927, and released on May 14, 1927. Clara played Rosie O’Reilly. Sadly, this film is now considered lost.

At this stage, Clara was working from 6 am until midnight, six days a week. Exhausted, she collapsed and was granted a three month vacation.

Romantically, Clara was torn between director Victor Fleming and actor Gary Cooper. Fleming, much older than Clara, was a ‘father figure’, whereas Cooper, basically a shy man, was trapped under his mother’s thumb. Cooper and Clara were well suited, but in the complex world of Clara Bow their relationship faded, although I strongly suspect that their affection for each other lasted until her final day.

Setting up a scene for Clara Bow’s Call Her Savage (1932), one of her eleven talkies. She also made forty-six silent movies.

The Mastodon 1970s Mega Movie Poll, Second Round

The Long Goodbye 30% v 70% All the President’s Men

Apocalypse Now 76% v 24% The China Syndrome

Taxi Driver 51% v 49% The Conversation

The Godfather 95% v 5% Twilight’s Last Gleaming

Last Sixteen

Monty Python and the Holy Grail 76% v 24% Network

M*A*S*H 65% v 35% Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Alien 71% v 29% A Clockwork Orange

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As ever, thank you for your interest and support.

Hannah xxx

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