Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Bert Granet papers
- Dates:
- 1903-2010, bulk 1934-1995
- Creators:
- Granet, Bert
- Extent:
- 7 linear feet of papers. 1.8 linear feet of photographs.
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
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Bert Granet papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The Bert Granet papers span the years 1903-2010 (bulk 1934-1995) and encompass 8.8 linear feet. The collection consists of production files, television files, correspondence, diaries, newsletters, notebooks, logs, scrapbooks, ephemera, and photographs. The photograph series consists of motion picture production and biography photographic prints, many of which are in albums.
- Biographical / historical:
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Bert Granet was an American screenwriter and producer active in film from 1928 through the 1950s and in television from the 1950s through 1960s. He worked for RKO as a writer and later producer of films including BERLIN EXPRESS (1948) and THE MARRYING KIND (1952). He went on to work for Desilu Studios where he helped produce such television series as THE WALTER WINCHELL FILE, WESTINGHOUSE DESILU PLAYHOUSE, THE UNTOUCHABLES, and THE TWILIGHT ZONE. Granet received a Screen Producers Award in 1959.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Gaye Granet, 2011-2013
- Arrangement:
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Arranged in the following series: 1. Production files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 2. Television files, subseries A-B as follows: A. Produced; B. Unproduced; 3. Subject files; 4. Scrapbooks; 5. Photographs
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- producers
screenwriters - Names:
- Granet, Bert , 1910-2002--Archives.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2014
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from Inmagic. Date of source: May 19, 2014
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Available by appointment only.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights to the physical object belong to the Margaret Herrick Library. Researchers are responsible for obtaining all necessary rights, licenses, or permissions from the appropriate companies or individuals before quoting from or publishing materials obtained from the library.
- Preferred citation:
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Bert Granet papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Location of this collection:
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333 S. La Cienega BlvdBeverly Hills, CA 90211, US
- Contact:
- (310) 247-3036 extension 2226