Photograph, Press - Alan Ladd, "The Iron Mistress"
Object number2012.190.03
Date1952
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionPress photograph from the movie "The Iron Mistress," starring Alan Ladd. A Hot Springs native, Ladd plays the lead role of Jim Bowie. The film was Ladd's first with Warner Bros after a decade at Paramount Pictures.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.
Black and white photograph from the movie "The Iron Mistress," starring Arkansas native Alan Ladd. The photo is an outdoor scene with jockeys on horses. Ladd is in a light colored suit and hat on the far left of the photo. He is talking to a man in a dark suit and looking up at a jockey on a horse. There is a crowd in the background. Information about the movie in black print beneath the photo. The movie was made by Warner Bros.
The movie is about Jim Bowie with Alan Ladd in the title role.
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