Letters to James R. Pattarini

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Mss 1998-039", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21672", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Letters to James R. Pattarini"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1943-1948", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1943/1948"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>".5 lin. ft. (1 box)"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1943

date_inclusive_end

1948

origination

{"value"=>"Landis, Carole, 1919-1948", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Carole Landis, born Frances Ridste on January 1, 1919 in Fairchild, Wisconsin, was a film star of the 1940s who entertained American troops with the USO during World War II. She began her film career as an extra in 1937 and became a leading lady in 1940 when she appeared in ONE MILLION B.C. She worked on many films through the 1940s including TURNABOUT (1940), TOPPER RETURNS (1941), HAVING A WONDERFUL CRIME (1944), IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A DOG (1946), and A SCANDAL IN PARIS (1946). Landis died on July 5, 1948 from an overdose of sleeping pills while in the midst of getting divorced from her fourth husband.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of letters by Carole Landis or her personal secretary, Nan Stuart, to Jimmy Pattarini, a young soldier and fan. They document Landis' busy schedule travelling from coast to coast as well as overseas to shoot films or tour. Includes a few snapshots of Landis and Stuart and Pattarini's Request for Special Liberty to meet Landis at the 20th Century Fox Studios.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"THE Mss 1998-039"}

{"date"=>"11/23/1998", "materials"=>"Papers", "source"=>"Charles Apfelbaum", "method"=>"Purchase", "extent"=>"1 o", "value"=>"Papers: Purchase, Charles Apfelbaum, 11/23/1998"}

keydate

1943

prefercite

{"value"=>"Letters to James R. Pattarini, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Carole Landis, born Frances Ridste on January 1, 1919 in Fairchild, Wisconsin, was a film star of the 1940s who entertained American troops with the USO during World War II. She began her film career as an extra in 1937 and became a leading lady in 1940 when she appeared in ONE MILLION B.C. She worked on many films through the 1940s including TURNABOUT (1940), TOPPER RETURNS (1941), HAVING A WONDERFUL CRIME (1944), IT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TO A DOG (1946), and A SCANDAL IN PARIS (1946). Landis died on July 5, 1948 from an overdose of sleeping pills while in the midst of getting divorced from her fourth husband. Collection consists of letters by Carole Landis or her personal secretary, Nan Stuart, to Jimmy Pattarini, a young soldier and fan. They document Landis' busy schedule travelling from coast to coast as well as overseas to shoot films or tour. Includes a few snapshots of Landis and Stuart and Pattarini's Request for Special Liberty to meet Landis at the 20th Century Fox Studios.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

.5 linear feet (1 box)

date_start

1943

date_end

1948

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