She confessed the main reason was he was tied up with his first wife then. He also had a great dry sense of humor, despite his over-riding sadness, which you mention. It’s worth noting that in addition to their great sexual chemistry, Paramount loved pairing Ladd with Veronica Lake because she was barely five feet tall — one of the few actresses who could wear heels and still look right to him.Although Ladd is more often described as a movie star rather than an actor (which meant then, as it does now, that critics credited his success more to his looks than his ability), his performance in This Gun for Hire is damn good. Yes, Hollywood can destroy its own products as quickly as it creates them.You know, I liked Nick Nolte–remember him especially from the movie with Robert Shaw and Jacqueline Bissett, Louis Gosset–“The Deep”. He would have to be re-inducted into the army, but a deferment was given to enable Ladd to make Ladd's re-induction was then set for May 1945. I have the face of an aging choirboy and the build of an undernourished featherweight. I made a special notice of the name, Mark Stevens, because I felt sure he would be a star one day. His mother married a house painter who moved them to California--a la "The Grapes of Wrath"--when he was eight. I’ve always loved watching him act, western, swashbuckler or war movie–he was as good as any on the big screen.

I had meant to mention Ladd’s “Box 13” shows, which are among my favourites from the golden age of radio. Even in the years after they were married, when her public role shifted to that of wife and mother, she remained the guiding force behind his career. He got great buzz and Shane was a colossal success, but the studios responded by rushing every awful Ladd picture they had canned into release in order to cash in — before long he was back where he started, longing to appear in a decent picture and wondering where things went wrong. Aren’t the films owned by the studios or distributors?Gatsby has always been murky, being that the Fitzgerald estate retains the rights to the novel. Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, 1938–1946 [Archival Database]; World War II Army Enlistment Records; Records of the National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 64; National Archives at College Park, College Park, Maryland. This sort of cinematic sleight of hand would characterize his career. I never made any contact with him. A very handsome actor played a prisoner who came to Mitchell’s aid. Alana Ladd was born on April 21, 1943 in Hollywood, California, USA as Alana Susan Ladd. It’s truly a classic movie! For the rest of the fifties Ladd made one bad movie after the next. I don't remember hearing him laugh, or ever seeing him laugh. (I got to see it in an absolutely pristine 35 mm print at the AFI in Bethesda, MD at Noir City DC just last year.) do they?Thank you very much for the Alan Ladd article. In addition, they had two children of their own, Alana (born April 21, 1943, when Ladd was in the armyAlan Ladd, Jr., is a film executive and producer and founder of Most biographical sources speculate on Ladd's height, which legend contends was slight. I have a large library of film star biographies at home, but this made me realise I don’t have anything on Alan Ladd, although I do have a bio of Veronica Lake. She was married to Michael Jackson. I’ve known many small-in-height men who are more manly, tough/tender and intelligent than the taller of their sex. Even though it was platonic, they loved each other and were fond of each other.They sure had great chemistry. I liked Alan Ladd in most of his roles, but my favorites were “Shane” (perfect casting) and “Whispering Smith.” He had that quiet but strong presence and a nice voice. This being under-appreciated by his peers after years of effort was a major cause of his unhappiness for his later years.I bet it was. In high school he discovered track and swimming. While he never enjoyed popularity among film critics, he and his films were popular with the public.

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