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  • Descriptive Summary
  • Important Information for Users of the Collection
  • Biography
  • Collection Scope and Content Summary
  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Bert Granet papers
    Date (inclusive): 1903-2010
    Date (bulk): 1934-1995
    Collection number: 1696
    Creator: Granet, Bert
    Extent: 7 linear feet of papers. 1.8 linear feet of photographs.
    Repository: Margaret Herrick Library. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
    Languages: English

    Important Information for Users of the Collection

    Access

    Available by appointment only.

    Publication rights

    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

    Bert Granet papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

    Acquisition Information

    Gift of Gaye Granet, 2011-2013

    Biography

    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.

    Collection Scope and Content Summary

    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.

    Arrangement

    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

    Indexing Terms

    Granet, Bert , 1910-2002--Archives.
    producers
    screenwriters