On Dec. 9, 1948, Paramount released the Alan Ladd-starring Western feature. By THR Staff On Dec. 9, 1948, Paramount released the 88-minute Alan Ladd-starring Western Whispering Smith. The ...

Alan Ladd stars as Shane, the titular hero of the 1953 cowboy picture about a gunslinger who becomes the object of one boy's admiration. "Shane" is a family western with a message.

Alan Ladd Jr, the veteran film producer who won a Best Picture Oscar for Braveheart, commissioned George Lucas to write Star Wars and was an influential executive for Fox and MGM/United Artists ...

Alan Ladd Jr. looks back on greenlighting 'Star Wars', offering Mel Brooks free rein and making George Lucas a billionaire. By Gregg Kilday Freelance Contributor “I knew it was going to be big ...

‘I’ve always had a lot of respect for the picture business. It’s been good to me,” was a typically modest quote from one of the most recognizable movie stars of ...

Alan Ladd Jr., an Oscar-winning producer and former studio boss who, as a top executive at 20th Century Fox in the 1970s, was best known for greenlighting George Lucas’ landmark blockbuster ...

Alan Ladd Jr. first learned his father was a movie star when he was just about 6 years old and saw a preview for one of his upcoming films.

Alan Ladd became a star and heartthrob playing a killer named Raven in 1942’s noir classic “This Gun for Hire.” The 5’6” blond, blue-eyed actor had been kicking around Hollywood for ...

Appointment with Danger (1950) 1/2/2021 | 1h 30m 20s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Postal inspector (Alan Ladd) works with nun to thwart the biggest mail heist in history. Postal inspector (Alan ...