Frank Liberman

Frank Liberman, who represented Bob Hope and Nat King Cole, among others during his long career, was interviewed for the Archive by Reba Merrill, in a joint venture with the Publicists’ Guild of America, on February 21, 2001. Mr. Liberman chronicled his early career at the New York Daily News and then at Warner Bros. in New York and Chicago where he began in the publicity department. He talked about moving to Hollywood, where he left Warner Bros. and began his own publicity firm. Among his most loyal clients were Bob Hope, who he handled for 41 years and Phyllis Diller, who he handled for 32 years. Mr. Liberman also talked about the craft of publicity and defined some of the components that go into successful publicity campaigns.