Lobby Card, "In Old Missouri"
Object number2009.070.01
Date1940
Mediumpaper and ink
Dimensions14" width
11"length
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionOriginal black and white Lobby Card advertisment for the movie "In Old Missouri" starring the Weaver Brothers, Elviry and Alan Ladd. The caption at the top reads"Hill-Bent for Hilarity!" "Loaded to the Hill-T with laughs! The Weaver Brothers and Elviry 'Go to Town' to teach the city folk how to live...in the good ole mountain manner!" The movie is a Republic studio picture
Three black and white photographs of the cast appear on the card.
Alan Ladd was born September 3, 1913, in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and lived in Arkansas until around the age of five. He was an actor who appeared in over 80 films and was one of the most recognizable celebrities of the 1940s and '50s. He starred in such films as "Two Years before the Mast," "The Blue Dahlia," and "The Great Gatsby." However, Ladd is perhaps best known for his role in the 1953 western movie "Shane." Ladd died on January 29, 1964.
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