How long does it take to read The Parade's Gone By...?
Kevin Brownlow
The Parade's Gone By... by Kevin Brownlow takes about 10 hours 35 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 35 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1968. 577 pages, about 158,675 words.
22 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 38 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 35 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Passing in review here is the silent film era and Mr. Brownlow has done a splendid job of vitalizing the past through interviews and personal research. Most of this material has never seen print before and the filmophile will go wild over reminiscences such as Joseph Henabery's (who assisted Griffith on Intolerance). And the snaps: Garbo who loved watching talking pictures in reverse but refused to view them the right way. . . Fairbanks intimidated by the Robin Hood castle -- ""You expect me to jump across that?"" . . . Buster Keaton who broke his neck doing his own stunts and didn't realize it until ten years later. . . the chaos that was the original Ben Hur -- ""we'll paint muscles on you!"" . . . Irving Thalberg arguing with Von Stroheim over a foot fetishist -- ""You are a footage fetishist"" . . .
Subjects: Motion pictures, History, Silent films, History and criticism, United States, Biography
