Research Catalog
Letters to James R. Pattarini
- Title
- Letters to James R. Pattarini, 1943-1948.
- Author
- Landis, Carole, 1919-1948.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Mixed material | Supervised use | *T-Mss 1998-039 | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- .5 lin. ft. (1 box).
- Summary
- Collection consists of letters by Carole Landis or her personal secretary, Nan Stuart, to Jimmy Pattarini, a young soldier and fan.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Source (note)
- Charles Apfelbaum
- Biography (note)
- 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.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Mss 1998-039
- Author
- Landis, Carole, 1919-1948.
- Title
- Letters to James R. Pattarini, 1943-1948.
- Restricted Access
- Collection is open to the public. Library policy on photography and photocopying will apply. Advance notice may be required.
- Biography
- 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.
- Added Author
- Pattarini, James R.Stuart, Nan.
- Research Call Number
- *T-Mss 1998-039