Beverly Linet papers, 1943-1983.

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Beverly Linet papers, 1943-1983.

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The Beverly Linet collection contains bound periodicals: " Hollywood Life Stories" 1954-1963, "Screen Album" 1960-1962, and "Modern Screen" 1961-1965 and 1969 which contain her articles. Research index cards on Frank Sinatra, 1951-1963, plus a drafted article are included. Other materials include a proof of "Duke, A Love Story, an Intimate Memoir of John Wayne's Last Years" (1983), correspondence (scattered) from 1943 and forward, and materials used for the creation of the biography of Alan Ladd, including photographs used in the book, interviews, clippings, and reviews. There are materials for the biography of Robert Walker, a cassette recording of an interview with Linet on the Arlene Francis Program about the Alan Ladd biography (1979), a layout copy of "Susan Hayward, Portrait of a Survivor" (1980), cassette and 35mm tape of Katharine Hepburn interviewed on the Dick Cavett Show, and other printed materials.

6.0 cubic ft. (6 boxes)

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7918016

Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center.

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Linet, Beverly

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Beverly Linet was an author, editor, and biographer for celebrities, writing for over four decades in a wide variety of publications. She had a half hour radio broadcast, 1948-1949, from New Jersey called, "Broadway and Hollywood News". In 1949-1950 she was a stage reviewer for "Show Business". She wrote for many magazines, 1950-1974, including: "TV Guide", "New York Magazine", and "Modern Romances". She was a film reviewer for "Modern Screen", 1962-1967. As an editor for Dell Publishing, she wa...

Sinatra, Frank

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The son of italian immigrants, Frank Sinatra began singing and doing impersonations in school which led to his future career as singer with the Hoboken Four in 1935. The quartet broke up in 1936 and Frank started working his way through the music industry until he finally got his big break in 1940. He would become one of Hollywood's leading men for the next two decades and a constant music hall draw after that until very close to the day he died in 1998. (Adapted from the Official Sinatra Family...

Ladd, Alan, 1913-1964

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Alan Walbridge Ladd (September 3, 1913 – January 29, 1964) was an American actor and film and television producer. Ladd found success in film in the 1940s and early 1950s, particularly in Westerns, such as Shane (1953) and in films noir. He was often paired with Veronica Lake in noirish films, such as This Gun for Hire (1942), The Glass Key (1942), and The Blue Dahlia (1946). His other notable credits include Two Years Before the Mast (1946), Whispering Smith (1948), which was his first Weste...

Wayne, John, 1907-1979

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Movie star. From the description of Oral history interview, 1970 Apr. 29 [sound recording]. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 35774013 Actor. From the description of Reminiscences of John Wayne : oral history, 1971. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122512951 ...

Hayward, Susan, 1917-1975

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Born on June 30, 1918 as Edythe Marrenner, Susan Hayward grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Her parents were Ellen Pearson and Walter Marrenner, and her maternal grandparents emigrated from Sweden. Hayward graduated high school intending to become a secretary, but soon began modeling in New York City. In 1937, she went to Hollywood to audition for the role of Scarlett O'Hara in Gone with the Wind, a part she lost to Vivien Leigh. According to her management, the name Susan Hayward was c...