Photograph, Press - Alan Ladd, "Captain Carey, USA"

 
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Photograph, Alan Ladd
Photograph, Press - Alan Ladd, "Captain Carey, USA"
Photograph, Alan Ladd
Photograph, Alan Ladd

Photograph, Press - Alan Ladd, "Captain Carey, USA"

Object number2012.215.01
Date1950
MediumPaper, Ink
Dimensions8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
DescriptionPress photograph from the movie "Captain Carey, USA," starring Hot Springs native Alan Ladd.

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, "Captain Carry U.S.A." starring Arkansas native, Alan Ladd. A photo of Ladd in a coat over a suit and tie and a dark hat. There is a man standing to his left behind him.
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