University of Wyoming
Linet Interview of Allan Ladd -- audio cassette.
Katharine Hepburn interview -- audio cassette.
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 was responsible for: "Who's Who in Hollywood", 1956-1967, "Who's Who on TV", 1956-1974, and "Hollywood Yearbook", 1963-1973. For "Celebrity", she was a contributing editor, 1975-1976. She authored several biographies of film stars: "The Life, the Legend, and the Legacy of Alan Ladd" (1979), "Susan Hayward, Portrait of a Survivor" (1980), and "Star Crossed: The Story of Robert Walker and Jenifer Jones" (1986) among others.
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.
There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.
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There are no known other archival collections created by Beverly Linet at the date of processing.
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