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 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, 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 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.

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 ...

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.

Ladd, who died in 1964, starred in the 1953 western “Shane.” New owner Cutler wrote “Sanctuary” with Madonna and “No Man’s Woman” with Sinead O’Connor.