Card, Lobby - Alan Ladd, "Chicago Deadline"
Object number2012.188.01
Date1949
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions11 x 14 in. (27.9 x 35.6 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionLobby card from the movie "Chicago Deadline," starring Hot Springs native Alan Ladd. The movie was one of many in which Ladd played the leading role in a film noir.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.
Lobby card from the movie "Chicago Deadline," starring Arkansas native Alan Ladd. The card has a yellow background with red and green print. The image shows Ladd in a fight with another man -- he is hitting the other man. They are in a room in front of brown wooden doors. Ladd is wearing a dark colored suit. The room has red carpet and green walls.
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