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Branded is a 1950 American Technicolor Western film starring Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, and Robert Keith. It was adapted from the novel Montana Rides by Max Brand under pen name Evan Evans. [2] A gunfighter on the run from the law is talked into posing as the long-lost son of a wealthy rancher.
Carol had a daughter from a previous marriage, Carol Lee (b. July 18, 1932), whom Alan and Sue raised. In addition, they had two children of their own, Alana (born April 21, 1943, when Ladd was in the army [122]) and David Ladd (1947). [123] Alan Ladd, Jr., was a film executive and producer and founder of the Ladd Company.
Shane is a 1953 American Technicolor Western film starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, and Van Heflin.Released by Paramount Pictures, [4] [5] the film is noted for its landscape cinematography, editing, performances, and contributions to the genre. [6]
It was based on the 1949 book of the same name by Jack Schaefer and the 1953 classic film starring Alan Ladd. David Carradine portrayed the titular character in the television series, a former gunfighter and sometimes outlaw who takes a job as a hired hand at the ranch of a widowed woman, her son, and her father-in-law.
Alan Ladd's Jaguar Productions bought film rights prior to publication for a reported $100,000. [1] [2] The movie was meant to be the first in a revised four-year production deal between Jaguar and Warner Bros. [3] Frank Gruber himself was hired to write the script and Eleanor Parker and Robert Ryan were discussed as possible co-stars to Ladd. [4]
Guns of the Timberland is a 1960 American Technicolor lumberjack Western film directed by Robert D. Webb and starring Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Gilbert Roland and Frankie Avalon. It is based on the 1955 book Guns of the Timberlands by Louis L'Amour .
This Gun for Hire is a 1942 American film noir crime film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, and Alan Ladd.It is based on the 1936 novel A Gun for Sale by Graham Greene (published in the United States with the same title as the film).
The film was known as Gunslinger [2] or The Gunslingers. [3]The budget was over $1 million and Ladd got 10% of the profits. [4]Filming was interrupted when the Screen Actors Guild went on strike during the shoot on March 7, 1960, continuing until April. [5]