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Ladd was born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, on September 3, 1913.He was the only child of Ina Raleigh (also known as Selina Rowley) (1888–1937), and Alan Ladd (1874–1917), a freelance accountant. [4]
Ladd's other feature film credits include R.P.M. (1970), Jonathan Livingston Seagull (1973), The Day of the Locust (1975), The Treasure of Jamaica Reef (1975), and The Wild Geese (1978). Ladd's first solo producing credit came in the motion picture The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), based on Wade Davis' book of the same name. The film was ...
Paul Maslansky, a producer behind films such as “Police Academy” and “Return to Oz,” died on Monday of natural causes at a hospital in Los Robles, Calif. He was 91. Maslansky collaborated ...
Alan Walbridge Ladd Jr. (October 22, 1937 – March 2, 2022) was an American film industry executive and producer. [1] He was president of 20th Century Fox from 1976 to 1979, during which he approved the production of Star Wars, on his confidence in George Lucas, which proved well-founded. He later established The Ladd Company and headed MGM/UA.
He also helped bring about Ridley Scott's Alien franchise, Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, Police Academy, and Gone, Baby, Gone. R.I.P. Alan Ladd Jr, Legendary Film Exec Behind Star Wars ...
Oscar-winning producer and influential motion picture executive Alan Ladd Jr., who ushered in the “Star Wars” era of motion pictures, died Wednesday. He was 84. “With the heaviest of hearts ...
Alan Ladd signed to co-star with his son David under the direction of Michael Curtiz. [7] Goldwyn Jr said "Michael Curtiz has drawn fine performances from both of them. The boy, when I first spoke to him, was stiff and frightened, but when I started talking to him about his father, his face lighted up and I knew he was right for the part." [5]
Alan Ladd Jr., the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit “Star Wars,” has died. Ladd died Wednesday, his daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones, who directed ...